Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Hands UP Foundation
- 7 trustees
- Income £381k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and more
- Website
- www.actionsyria.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£381k£495k
- 2024£504k£659k
- 2023£722k£741k
Earlier years
- 2022£584k£515k
- 2021£682k£626k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST THE VICTIMS OF WAR, CONFLICT OR NATURAL DISASTER, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, MEDICAL AID, ACCOMMODATION, ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE;THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING PERSONS IN NEED WITH GRANTS OR MONEY OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR SERVICES, ITEMS OR FACILITIES;SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEIN PARTICULAR FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PEOPLE IN SYRIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES AND REFUGEES OF SYRIAN ORIGIN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Grants received
6 grants · £135,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- CHK Foundation · £75,000 (5 grants)
- Educational Opportunity Foundation · £60,000
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Board analysis for researchers
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Alexandra Lopoukhine Chair since 2024
- Francis James Edward Lyon since 2024
- George Butler since 2014
- Joseph Roberts since 2017
- Louisa Katherine Delia Leeper since 2014
- Mazen Gharibah since 2023
- Nicholas Haslam since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- George Butler since 2014
- Joseph Roberts since 2017
- Louisa Katherine Delia Leeper since 2014
- Nicholas Haslam since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Francis James Edward Lyon since 2024
- George Butler since 2014
- Joseph Roberts since 2017
- Louisa Katherine Delia Leeper since 2014
- Mazen Gharibah since 2023
- Nicholas Haslam since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Alexandra Lopoukhine Chair since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156491
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 01 APR 2014AMENDED ON 20 SEP 2017 as amended on 04 Apr 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07871886316 · contact@actionsyria.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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