Hands on Hand Out

Analysis

Hands on Hand Out is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hands on Hand Out reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £46k to £22k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hands on Hand Out sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tops Learning Systems (£22k), The Bridge International (£22k) and Charity of Thomas Cowley Exclusive of the Cowley Educational Foundation (£22k).