Joining Hands Joining Hearts

Analysis

Joining Hands Joining Hearts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sittingbourne. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Joining Hands Joining Hearts reported income of £36k and spending of £17k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,009 to £36k (+3513%), an average of +145% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 547%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Joining Hands Joining Hearts sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amrit and Ajit Charitable Trust Ltd (£36k), The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund (£36k) and Barnsley Church of the Nazarene (£36k).