The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Grassington and District Helping Hands

Registered charity 1093205 Registered since 2002

Operates: North Yorkshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

7.1y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 8Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailnormanmcooke@gmail.com
Phone01756 752663
AddressPark Grange Barn, Threshfield, SKIPTON, North Yorkshire, BD23 5EY

Finances

£6,373 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,488£2,534
2022£8£1,583
2023£4,135£3,833
2024£4,855£3,779
2025£6,373£5,619

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

The objects of Helping Hands shall be to provide transport and related services to those in need in Upper Wharfedale and in the adjacent areas. These services shall include, but not be limited to:(a) Transporting those in need to and from hospitals and medical centres.(b) Transporting those in need to opticians, dentists, chiropodists and social events.(c) Collecting prescriptions and shopping.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 23 APRIL 2001 AS AMENDED 28 MAY 2002. as amended on 18 May 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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