Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

HOPE FOR JUSTICE

Hope for Justice works in the UK, USA, Ethiopia & Uganda to bring freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery by identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation. Activities include outreach, community prevention, shelters, advocacy, training, and policy work. Our subsidiary, SFA helps organisations protect their supply chains against modern slavery and exploitation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £693,665 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • The latest accounts were qualified
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
?31/03/23*£9,522£11,875£-2,353£2,098£330£-694-0.74156
31/03/22*£9,006£10,366£-1,359£1,593£2,964£2,0212.33846
31/03/21*£8,081£6,651£1,431£812£4,323£2,9265.33556
31/03/20£6,756£6,411£345£834£2,892£1,9933.73124
31/03/19£3,072£2,333£740£496£1,279£96755212
31/03/18£2,116£2,226£-111£420£540£4252.3490
31/03/17£1,849£1,820£29£285£541£4523380
31/03/16£1,445£1,498£-53£210£509£4763.8330
31/03/15£1,437£1,138£298£297£562£5255.5280
31/03/14£990£880£111£312£264£2423.3230
31/03/13£596£513£83£286£153£1313.1130
31/03/12£387£371£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£268£249£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£137£102£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£247£247£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 24.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 80%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -210%
Reserves/Spending: -0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

http://www.hopeforjustice.org/

info@hopeforjustice.org

03000088000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Australia, Ethiopia, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Samworth Foundation£525,000
The Rayne Foundation£80,000
Home Office£66,626
DCMS£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Hope for Justice
£3,000 09/11/2023
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - West Yorkshire Hub
£10,000 26/05/2023
This funding will be used to provide and outreach and engagement programme for potential victims of modern day slavery. The project aims to work with potential victims who will be prevented from entering exploitation and actual victims will be ....more
The Shears Foundation - Hope for Justice
£5,500 06/04/2023
West Yorkshire Hub
Home Office - Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
£66,626 20/01/2023
The Modern Slavery Fund aims to prevent modern slavery in priority countries and contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to end modern slavery The MSIF is for funding innovative, potentially transformational projects in pursuit of ....more
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£300,000 28/09/2022
36
Funding to support a research, policy, and structural/systemic and capacity building project.
The Shears Foundation - Hope for Justice
£5,000 26/01/2022
West Yorkshire Hub - Community Engagement Specialist
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Hope for Justice
£3,000 07/07/2021
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Hope for Justice
£3,000 07/07/2021
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Hope for Justice
£80,000 07/06/2021
Towards the salary of an Independent Modern Slavery Advocates (IMSAs) to deliver intensive long-term legal and social support for victims across the UK.
National Lottery Community Fund - West Yorkshire Hub
£10,000 23/04/2021
The funding will be used to assist people in the community who are subject to forced labour or people trafficking. People will receive essential items and housing along with being signposted to relevant agencies with the aim of reducing incidences ....more
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£195,000 25/01/2021
To provide the Year 1 costs of designing and developing a new digital learning platform which will be utilised across their global operations in the prevention of modern-day slavery
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£30,000 10/07/2020
12
Funding to support unrestricted funding to cover loss of income caused by COVID-19.
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£210,000 09/10/2018
36
To provide funding support towards core UK work to end modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach to Roma Community in Leeds - Modern Slavery
£7,950 20/09/2017
12
The group will engage with potential victims of modern slavery in the Romanian community and hold awareness raising events, providing information on understanding trafficking, how to report it and how to support victims.
Robertson Trust - the Salary Costs of the Training & Development Officer (Scotland)
£51,000 28/02/2015
the Salary Costs of the Training & Development Officer (Scotland)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-67
  • ALLAN GIBSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Policeman
  • ANDREW JOHN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • ANDY DONNELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • BONIKE BRACEWELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister
  • EBUNOLUWA MOFOLUWAKE AJAYI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • JONNY BOURNE OBE Appointed: 2023
  • KIM WESTFALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • MICHAEL THOMAS BROCK Appointed: 2023
  • NICHOLAS JONATHAN KENDALL BECKER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • SARAH HILARY BOOTH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2008, number: 1126097
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/2008, number: 06563365
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR23: 57 days late, AR22: 28 days late, AR21: 21 days late,
Main office

PO Box 5527
MANCHESTER
M61 0QU

Objectives

3.1)The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship, in particular but not exclusively as a result of human trafficking and modern slavery, for the public benefit by 3.1a) the advancement of education, including the education of the general public about issues in relation to human trafficking and modern slavery through congresses, seminars, fora and publications.3.1b) the relief of unemployment through support, advice and training. 3.1c)the relief of sickness and preservation of health. 3.2)To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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