Global Helping Hands

Analysis

Global Helping Hands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Global Helping Hands reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.5m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £39k to £3.1m (+7714%), an average of +197% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1800%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Global Helping Hands sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon (£3.1m), The Jubilee Sailing Trust (£3.1m) and Peter Harrison Foundation (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%.