The Hands Up Foundation

Analysis

The Hands Up Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hands Up Foundation reported income of £381k and spending of £495k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £682k to £381k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hands Up Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunbeams Play (£381k), UK Breast Cancer Group (Ukbcg) (£381k) and The Anstice Community Trust (£381k).

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.