Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

ARK OF HOPE FOUNDATION FOR ALL NATIONS

The principal activities of the charity are expression of Christian faith and values to relieve the needs of people who are suffering from addiction, who are homeless or on the verge of being made homeless. Those trapped in prostitution or the sex trade or those that have been imprisoned.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 9 years

www.arkofhopefoundation.com

stellakings@hotmail.co.uk

07956120599

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£23	£17	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20		£12	£12	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£13	£13	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£10	£13	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£3	£8	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Stoke-on-trent City, Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - COMMUNITY FOOD RELIEF
£10,000	12/05/2023	The funding will be used to continue supporting marginalised groups and those without recourse to public funds with the provision of food and essential items. The project aims to support people ....more The funding will be used to continue supporting marginalised groups and those without recourse to public funds with the provision of food and essential items. The project aims to support people during the rising cost of living and beyond.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Food Relief For Ethnic Minorities
£10,000	07/01/2022	The funding will be used to assemble and share food parcels in the local community. The project aims to target the dietary needs of ethnic minority groups who are going through financial hardships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Foods relief for vulnerable families of ethnic minorities.
£9,971	02/12/2020 6	The group will use the funding to provide food for vulnerable families from the BAME community. This will provide much needed help to those who have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Living well
£9,100	19/10/2018 12	A programme of workshops and activities will be funded for women at risk of obesity and ill health, aiming to increase their wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy eating and more!
£9,976	14/06/2017 12	This project will use funding to recruit and train volunteers to support and work with women from BME communities. The volunteers will help the women to develop language, literacy and life skills to ....more This project will use funding to recruit and train volunteers to support and work with women from BME communities. The volunteers will help the women to develop language, literacy and life skills to enhance family life, increase their confidence, help them to feel part of their community and improve their employment prospects.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CAROLINE ADEFOLAHAN HINDS Appointed: 2015

DEBORAH ADELOA ADESEWA NEWBOULD Appointed: 2015

DR SEGUN AYO FAPETU Appointed: 2022

EDWIN IJASEUN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2015, number: 1161228

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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

8 returns made; AR16: 0 days late,

Main office

8 Higson Avenue
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST4 7ND

Objectives

AS AN EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VALUES, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION; WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ON THE VERGE OF BEING MADE HOMELESS; THOSE TRAPPED IN PROSTITUTION OR THE SEX TRADE OR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED.

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