Barkston Ash Helping Hands

Analysis

Barkston Ash Helping Hands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tadcaster. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barkston Ash Helping Hands reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,523 to £10k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barkston Ash Helping Hands sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Technology Books for Children (£10k), The Littlefoot Trust (£10k) and Friends of Haslington School (£10k).