Ethos-Extending the Hand of Support

Analysis

Ethos-Extending the Hand of Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ethos-Extending the Hand of Support reported income of £411k and spending of £425k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £127k to £411k (+224%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ethos-Extending the Hand of Support sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 The New Life Church, Woking (£410k), Laburnum Boat Club (£411k) and The Partially Sighted Society (£410k).