The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Hands of Compassion Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 1124423 Registered since 2008

Operates: Zambia, Somerset

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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.

3 trustees on the board

9y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

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.

Education/training 3Overseas Aid/famine Relief 3Religious Activities 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£20k latest income

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

Websitewww.handsofcompassion.org.uk
Emailwendyhoczambia@btinternet.com
Phone01749870694
AddressEast Lodge, Station Road, Westbury sub Mendip, WELLS, BA5 1EY

Finances

£19,650 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£23,390£41,533
2022£19,521£38,631
2023£19,476£16,721
2024£24,971£31,007
2025£19,650£18,512

What it does

What

Education/trainingOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA, THUS ENABLING THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND SOCIAL CARE IN RELATION TO HIV AIDS, TB, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES THROUGH WOMEN’S GROUPS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; TO DEVELOP CHRISTIAN VALUES.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 01 APR 2008AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 28 AUG 2017

Trustees (3)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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