Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON

To reach out and support the most vulnerable and isolated people in the community Door knocking,outreach Support at home ESOL support for speakers of other languages, emotional, practical supportVisiting support for older people at home, lunch club, exercise classes, friendship group, Children and Youth groups, issue based work, 1:1 key workWomen's group
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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£157£155£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£69£134£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£165£161£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£188£233£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£215£220£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£180£250£-70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£246£219£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£195£168£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£201£163£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£200£200£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£228£175£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£230£168£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.hopecommunityproject.org.uk

enquiries@hope-cp.org.uk

01902556645

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
DCMS£59,054
National Lottery Community Fund£19,840
McCarthy Stone Foundation£750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2023 Winter Warm Spaces
£750 25/07/2023
Grants up to £750 to cover core costs, in particular those connected to providing warm spaces for older people to access such as fuel, utilities or increased rental fees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Heath Town Urban Beach
£10,000 12/05/2023
The funding will be used as a contribution to deliver a pop-up urban beach over three days in August 2023. The pop-up beach will operate in a deprived area of Wolverhampton largely made up of maisonettes and tower blocks. It is anticipated that 500 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Happier Healthier Families
£9,840 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a weekly programme of activities aimed at supporting refugee and migrant families. The project aims to build resilience improve emotional wellbeing and support families to feel more positive and confident.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£59,054 05/10/2020
"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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Safe and Sound
£7,915 24/08/2018
12
Grant to Hope Community Project Wolverhampton
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Community Project (Wolverhampton)
£90,000 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing a range of support and activities for disadvantaged families and individuals in Wolverhampton
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope Community Project Wolverhampton
£111,715 17/10/2017
36
This project will deliver after-school and school holiday activities to children and young people from a deprived area. Outcomes include increased self-esteem, reduction in anti social behaviour and increased resilience.
Comic Relief - Hope4U
£39,272 30/11/2016
24
Hope Community Project is based in Heath Town, Wolverhampton, a 1970s concrete housing estate unsuitable for modern living that has experienced persistent intergenerational poverty and disadvantage. It is the only community resource on the estate ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Petals' Emporium of Hope - art with heart.
£3,000 23/10/2015
To fund sewing machines, raw materials, promotional materials and hire costs of exhibition space for the group to share and improve sewing and craft skills and up-cycle, repair and alter clothes
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hope Community Project (Wolverhampton)
£50,000 15/07/2015
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary of a deputy manager/family support worker at a project working with families and other vulnerable residents on the Heath Town estate in Wolverhampton
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Community Project
£348,553 29/06/2015
60
A volunteer led scheme to provide vulnerable older people, women, families and young people’s with support services incl children’s after school club, women’s group, ESOL training, older people befriending, and assistance with ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Community Project (Wolverhampton)
£72,300 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing activities for older people in a deprived area of the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Sunflower Project
£10,000 03/04/2014
12
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hope Community Project (Wolverhampton)
£40,000 29/10/2012
the salary of the Project Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Community Project ,Wolverhampton
£163,289 10/08/2011
36
This continuation of an established project will deliver a range of activities to three main beneficiary groups in Heath Town, Wolverhampton. Younger people with limited aspirations, isolated older people and families in chaotic circumstances (which ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • JOANNE SUSAN WATTERS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Voluntary Sector Manager
  • KATE PENMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Esol Tutor
  • SISTER MARGARET WALSH
  • SABER GHAFOOR Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2010, number: 1139362
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/2010, number: 07334536
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
13 returns made; AR20: 1 days late, AR11: 51 days late,
Main office

40 Ling House
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV10 0HH

Objectives

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO:4.1.1 RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASONS OF YOUTH, AGE, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND SPECIFICALLY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE WIDER OBJECTS, TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUPPORT FOR THE VULNERABLE AND ISOLATED OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE HEATH TOWN AREA OF WOLVERHAMPTON.4.1.2 PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TAILORED SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED OR VULNERABLE DUE TO FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.4.1.3 ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELIEVE ANY NEED WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES OF THOSE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED.4.1.4. PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE.4.1.5. PROVISION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE HEATH TOWN AREA OF WOLVERHAMPTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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