Open Hand

Analysis

Open Hand is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Open Hand reported income of £15k and spending of £32k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £10k to £15k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 276% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Open Hand sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include We Are Art with Heart CIO (£15k), Bishop Sutton School Society (£15k) and Whitchurch and Ganarew Memorial Hall (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.