Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

HANDS OF HOPE 

Our Mission. Combining natural and community heritage we aim to reach people and their communities practical ways to sustain, conserve, protect and improve the natural environment and through education and training improve peoples health and wellbeing using growing, cooking and the natural world.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 8 years

www.hohcharity.co.uk

sosi.kaskanian@hohcharity.co.uk

07798556999

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/08/22£116£262£-145n/an/an/an/an/a80
01/08/21£212£108£104n/an/an/an/an/a80
01/08/20£106£60£46n/an/an/an/an/a50
01/08/19£61£44£17n/an/an/an/an/a50
01/08/18£34£47£-13£0£0£0n/a04
01/08/17*£57£44£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 80 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£339,773
National Lottery Heritage Fund£165,902
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
DCMS£34,350
Sussex Community Foundation£23,000
Co-Operative Group£9,235
Henry Smith Charity£8,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£75,000 06/12/2023
Development of Hope Farm Community Garden to deliver health and wellbeing activities in Hawkshurst, Kent
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£2,000 13/10/2023
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£1,000 01/12/2022
Funding was provided towards salaries for a Chef and a Programme Co-ordinator.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hands of Hope
£4,286 22/10/2022
We want to tackle food poverty and reduce food waste by providing people with the equipment and support to grow their own food, whatever the space – from windowsill to patio to garden to allotment.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hands of Hope
£165,902 10/08/2022
Hope Farm Community Garden Living History Programme – using lessons from the past to improve our futures
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Access and Diversity at Hope Farm Community Garden
£9,600 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to install a Disabled Toilet to improve accessibility. The project aims to tackle food poverty rural isolation and loneliness as well as improving the physical and mental ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£5,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided for seed growing packs for the East Sussex community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Farm Community Garden - Growing Together; Building Communities.
£248,883 15/07/2022
The project is using funding to continue to deliver and develop programmes to increase the social environmental and well-being impacts on site at HF and in the community. The group will expand ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hands of Hope
£2,031 23/10/2021
We would like to create a sheltered space within The Walled Garden Community Hub, to allow year-round access to our growing and wellbeing programmes as well as volunteering activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Training and Break-out Portakabin - Purchase
£10,000 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to purchase a portacabin for sheltered accommodation to facilitate training sessions. This will also offer volunteers a break-out area from the weather who are restoring a ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hands of Hope
£8,000 09/06/2021
12
towards one year's salary of a part-time Volunteer and Membership Co-ordinator for a charity supporting vulnerable and isolated people living in deprived areas of Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hands of Hope Get Growing
£62,500 15/03/2021
12
The funding would enable Hands of Hope (HoH) to continue to deliver Get Growing (GG) a food growing and skills development project that connects people to each other and their environment. The ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£5,000 11/02/2021
Hands of Hope deliver programmes and activities aimed at tackling rural isolation & food poverty as well as improving the physical and mental wellbeing of communities’ throughout Rother, ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£34,350 18/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£5,000 15/06/2020
Hands of Hope deliver activities to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of people and their communities’ by connecting them with nature and each other. This grant is for their new project of ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Hands of Hope
£5,000 08/06/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Hands of Hope, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hands of Hope
£2,918 15/11/2019
We want to deliver ""Lunch Clubs"", bringing older people together to enjoy a nutritious meal and socialise with new friends.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Compost Loo
£8,790 23/10/2019
12
Community Compost Loo
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope
£5,000 05/07/2019
12
Funding was provided towards the cost of running lunch clubs with transport.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hands of Hope Charity
£4,000 16/03/2018
1
Hands of Hope Charity support people in East Sussex & Kent to improve their lives by growing, cooking and eating healthy food. Funding was provided to help them set up two Lunch Clubs to benefit ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2016, number: 1168016
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR17: 10 days late,
Main office

Hope Farm
Tillingham Lane
Peasmarsh
Rye
TN31 6XG

Objectives

(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN, THROUGH PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN RELATION TO HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET;(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET, INCLUDING THE PLANNING AND PREPARING OF HEALTHY MEALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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