Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

HOPE ESOL CIO

Hope English School is a Sheffield based charity specialising in the provision of ESOL classes to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable adults. We work with a variety of organisations across South Yorkshire to provide community based classes to those most in need.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£87	£68	£19	n/a
31/08/22	£42	£38	£4	n/a
31/08/21	£31	£7	£24	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://www.hopeenglishschool.org/

enquiries@hopeenglishschool.org

0114 3601264

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Basic ESOL/Digital Skills Course for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Sheffield
£7,333	23/06/2023	The funding will be used to develop and run a digital and language skills course for asylum seekers and refugees. The project aims to support people who have just arrived in the country so they can integrate with the local community and access ....more The funding will be used to develop and run a digital and language skills course for asylum seekers and refugees. The project aims to support people who have just arrived in the country so they can integrate with the local community and access essential services.
National Lottery Community Fund - IT/English skills provision for refugee and asylum seeker community resilience
£8,000	19/03/2021 6	The funding will be used to deliver face to face weekly combined IT and ESOL courses for refugees asylum seekers and vulnerable groups in areas of Sheffield Rotherham and Barnsley. This will promote digital including and develop participants skills ....more The funding will be used to deliver face to face weekly combined IT and ESOL courses for refugees asylum seekers and vulnerable groups in areas of Sheffield Rotherham and Barnsley. This will promote digital including and develop participants skills and independence and reduce social isolation.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	30/09/2020	towards resources to deliver ESOL services during 2020/21

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNA LOUISE BOLLINGER Appointed: 2021

HANNAH PECK Appointed: 2021

JOSEPHINE TAYLOR Appointed: 2022

KATHERINE STURDEY Appointed: 2021

PAUL ALMON HORTON Appointed: 2020

PHILIP ANDREW HOWDEN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2020, number: 1188370

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

178 Shoreham Street
SHEFFIELD
S1 4SQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, AND OTHER VULNERABLE MIGRANTS IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.

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