THE NATIONAL HANDWRITING ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1051157
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Association seeks to promote handwriting skills as a vital component of literacy by organising workshops, lectures, courses and conferences and by publishing an annual Journal and a series of booklets with advice to parents, teachers and other practitioners on good practice in acquiring handwriting skills and remediating problems.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £24,488
Total expenditure: £23,885

People

4 Trustee(s)

25 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 November 1995: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • NHA (Working name)
  • HANDWRITING INTEREST GROUP (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Mellissa Prunty Chair 22 June 2018
None on record
Olivia Afonso Trustee 29 October 2024
None on record
Caroline McHugh Trustee 29 October 2024
None on record
Dr Emma Sumner Trustee 22 June 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £11.96k £21.86k £18.67k £25.14k £24.49k
Total expenditure £12.00k £15.77k £21.49k £22.61k £23.89k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 30 September 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 31 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 November 2021 8 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 NOVEMBER 1995 AND AMENDED 8 MARCH 2005.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN DEVELOPMENT AND AQUISITION OF HANDWRITING SKILLS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Sunnydene
Chequers Lane
Eversley
HOOK
Hampshire
RG27 0NY
Phone:
01256464598
Email:
nha.finance@btconnect.com
Website:

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