Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

HOPE FOR THE YOUNG LIMITED

The relief of financial hardship the sick/poor people living and working in developing countries and the UK through the provision of grants, goods or services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£309£247£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£229£197£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£209£164£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£121£122£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£103£63£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£47£69£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£29£46£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£36£35£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£48£23£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£43£21£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£21£16£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£36£31£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£20£16£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£19£8£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

WWW.HOPEFORTHEYOUNG.ORG.UK

INFO@HOPEFORTHEYOUNG.ORG.UK

07405654630

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
National Lottery Community Fund£335,053
City Bridge Trust£188,200
Henry Smith Charity£75,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Postcode Society Trust£23,582
DCMS£20,420
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope for the Young's Mentoring Programme
£325,053 13/04/2023
The funding will be used to support young refugee and asylum seekers across London. The project aims to help integrate refugees into the community and provide mentoring to develop skills enabling them to reach their potential.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund A
£15,000 14/02/2023
Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Hope for the Young
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hope for the Young
£188,200 28/10/2022
60
£188,200 over 5 years (£20,800; £40,000; £41,200; £42,500; £43,700) to contribute towards the salary costs of a full-time Programme Co-ordinator and other associated costs to deliver the Mentoring Programme in London for young people aged ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Mentoring Programme
£10,000 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to continue the running of Mentoring Programme in South London which supports newly arrived refugees and asylum-seekers aged 16-25 to settle into their community. The project aims to further the pathways to education or ....more
Postcode Society Trust - Hope for the Young's Mentoring Program
£23,582 27/08/2022
Funding enabled our Mentoring Program to support 50 young asylum-seekers to settle into their new communities & achieve their potential.
The Childhood Trust - Transform the lives of young refugees in the UK
£2,500 12/06/2022
Hope for the Young provides tailored one-to-one mentoring, advocacy and financial support to young refugees and asylum-seekers arriving in the UK so they can access education and reach their full potential. We are seeking support to expand our ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope for the Young
£75,000 02/11/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Mentoring Programme', supporting newly arrived, young asylum seekers and refugees aged 16-25 throughout London.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 16/07/2021
Hope for the Young - Core cost support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Hope for the Young
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Hope for the Young, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£20,420 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hope for the Young
£5,793 24/10/2020
We would like to expand our mentoring project into North London so that we can provide tailored 1:1 support to a further 30 young refugees.
Woodward Charitable Trust - To secure £3,000 towards the cost of our new Grants and Advocacy Coordinator's salary
£2,000 19/10/2020
Core costs
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Hope for the Young Ltd
£5,650 30/09/2020
6
Costs towards developing a more efficient referral process to meet increased demands and making adaptations to bring services online
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Hope for the Young
£5,000 06/05/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Hope for the Young, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
London Catalyst - Hope for the Young - 1
£3,000 03/09/2019
The Mentoring Project (North London)
The Fore - Grant to Hope for the Young
£29,213 01/08/2019
24
Hope For The Young (HFTY) helps young refugees and asylum-seekers overcome barriers to education, by providing wellbeing support, volunteer-led mentoring and financial assistance. In 2018 alone, 2,872 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in the ....more
The Fore - Grant to Hope for the Young
£29,213 19/07/2019
24
HFTY will use The Fore's funding to meet the significant demand for its services by restructuring the organisation and growing its staff team – opening a mentoring hub in North London and growing the organisation’s capacity considerably. This ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - See Application
£174,030 23/11/2018
36
A project to support young refugees and asylum seekers through working with them to write a personal development plan. They will be matched with mentors, offered referrals and English lessons if required. By engaging with people at the earliest ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Mentoring Project
£10,000 04/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to integrate asylum seekers when they first arrive in the UK. The project aims to provide support and guidance to help develop their language skills and help them to gain access to relevant services.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Volunteer expenses for mentoring refugees
£1,250 15/11/2017
Towards volunteer expenses for the Mentoring Project for young refugees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentoring for Young People
£10,000 07/10/2015
12
The group will use the funding to develop a pilot mentoring support project for asylum seekers and refugees aged 16 to 24 years old with a particular focus on education, language and health support. This will develop educational potential empowering ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • DR CATHERINE LOUISE STREET Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Researcher, Manager, Consultant
  • DR KAMRAN SAEDI
  • JAFAR OMID Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Investment Manager
  • MICHAEL ATKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Manager And Consultant
  • NIKI KALYVIDES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Monitoring And Evaluation Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2008, number: 1127017
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/03/2008, number: 06540167
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
14 returns made; AR11: 59 days late,
Main office

85-87 Bayham Street
London
NW1 0AG

Objectives

3.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.3.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES AND/OR FACILITIES.3.3 THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND/OR POOR LIVING IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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