Helping Hands for Education

Analysis

Helping Hands for Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greenford. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Helping Hands for Education reported income of £28k and spending of £25k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,545 to £28k (+413%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helping Hands for Education sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poundbury Village Hall Trust (£28k), The Elizabeth-Ann Charity (£28k) and Anglers Inn and Alfred Henry Willink Trust (£28k).