Hands Gillingham

Charity number: 290169
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Charity provides services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including a transport service to medical appointments or other essential journeys, a basic gardening service and other services to alleviate social isolation. To do all such lawful things to further the attainment of such purposes Area of operation and benefit, Gillingham, Medway

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £15,473
Total expenditure: £3,944

People

5 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Medway

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 September 1984: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • HANDS IN MEDWAY (Working name)
  • HANDS AND GILLINGHAM VOLUNTEER BUREAU (Previous name)
  • HANDS AND GILLINGHAM VOLUNTEER CENTRE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BARRY KEMP Chair 07 October 2014
MAYOR OF MEDWAY'S WELFARE FUND
Received: On time
WENDY IRENE BACK Trustee 19 October 2021
None on record
IAN TERRY Trustee 20 October 2015
None on record
DAPHNE STEARN Trustee 20 October 2015
Girlguiding Kent West
Received: On time
Joyce Kemp Trustee 07 October 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.56k £6.22k £6.24k £3.50k £15.47k
Total expenditure £21.97k £11.56k £4.07k £4.03k £3.94k
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 March 2024 26 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 29 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 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 25/10/1983 AS AMENDED ON 16/10/1991 AS AMENDED ON 15/10/1992 AS AMENDED ON 21/10/1993 AS AMENDED ON 12/10/1995 AS AMENDED ON 25/01/2001 AS AMENDED ON 10/03/2004 AS AMENDED ON 23/07/2008 AS AMENDED ON 06/11/2012 AS AMENDED ON 26/06/2013 as amended on 19 Oct 2021 as amended on 04 Oct 2022

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects (“the objects”) are To promote purposes which are charitable according to the law in England and Wales by: 1) Providing services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including: • a transport service to medical appointments and for other essential journeys; • a basic gardening service; • other services to alleviate social isolation. 2) Generally to do all such lawful things as will further the attainment of such purposes or any of them.

Area of benefit

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

BOROUGH OF GILLINGHAM

Contact information

Address:
Hands Gillingham
The Oast Community Centre
Granary Close
Rainham
Gillingham
ME9 7SG
Phone:
07845 624468
Email:
handsgillingham@outlook.com
Website:

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