Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

HOPE THREE 16 LTD 

Hope three16 bring relief to those in need and poverty by reducing homelessness helping to address some of the underlying causes of poverty distress and social exclusion reducing these through a combination of accommodation and support services that facilitate and motivate individuals towards an independent lifestyle and to make a positive contribution to the community they live in.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£308£298£10n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/06/22£251£239£12n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/21£217£214£3n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/06/20£222£202£21n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/06/19£209£199£10n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/06/18£197£182£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£136£119£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£92£92£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Hope Three 16 Ltd
£5,000 19/01/2023
to help meet the overheads of a food distribution service based in Billercay for six months

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2015, number: 1162789
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/2014, number: 09104333
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from GROWTH CHURCH on 09/12/2020
Main office

C/O Wellspring Church
134 HAMLET COURT ROAD
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Essex
SS0 7LN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS, HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SICKNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED BY THESE CONDITION WHILE PROMOTING AND FACILITATING INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX AND SURROUNDING AREAS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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