Lotus Caring Hands

Analysis

Lotus Caring Hands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06861610). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lotus Caring Hands reported income of £79k and spending of £85k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £56k to £79k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 2455%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lotus Caring Hands sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Copenhagen Street Foodbank (£79k), Panjshir Aid (£79k) and Rhema UK & Ireland (£79k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.