Open Hands

Analysis

Open Hands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open Hands reported income of £137k and spending of £109k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £141k to £137k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Open Hands sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El-Bethel Mission (£137k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Haydon Wick (£137k) and Effective Altruism UK (£136k).