Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

HOPE FOR TOMORROW 

Hope for Tomorrow is a national cancer charity dedicated to making life easier for those suffering from cancer, and helping their dependents and families to cope with the difficulties they face.The Charities prime focus is to fund, build and maintain Mobile Chemotherapy Units, and then work in partnership with NHS Trusts to provide chemotherapy treatment closer to home.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 21 years

www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk

info@hopefortomorrow.org.uk

01666505055

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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
31/03/23£997£1,284£-286£504£2,971£1,0189.5142
31/03/22£1,190£1,135£55£471£3,257£1,14812.11550
31/03/21£2,069£979£1,090£387£3,202£82210.11467
31/03/20£1,021£1,020£1£283£2,112£4184.913104
31/03/19£733£1,183£-450£269£2,111£3473.51579
31/03/18£947£1,285£-338£306£2,561£2512.3150
31/03/17£1,152£1,107£45£329£2,898£3774.1130
31/03/16£1,185£916£269£62£2,853£3264.3110
31/03/15£1,516£671£845£198£2,600£64811.680
31/03/14£1,015£472£543£180£1,749£68317.450
31/03/13£726£413£313£174£1,206£62218.140
31/03/12*£634£329£305£182£893£66624.330
31/03/11£308£169£140£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£262£204£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£227£128£100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£266£57£209£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£74£14£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£5£2£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£41£1£40£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 62.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
Reserves/Spending: 9.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 28.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 2 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
CAF£9,900
Co-Operative Group£6,215
Suffolk Community Foundation£4,905
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hope for Tomorrow
£2,421 21/10/2023
Each of our mobile cancer care units has to be maintained to a high, medical vehicle standard. The average annual running costs of each unit are £212 per unit per day or £77,380 per unit per year.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Cancer Care in the Community: Nurse Support
£2,000 30/06/2021
Towards the lease of an NSV providing Cancer Care in the Community.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Cancer Care in the Community: Nurse Support
£2,905 25/06/2021
12
Towards the lease of an NSV providing Cancer Care in the Community.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Hope for Tomorrow
£3,000 19/05/2020
12
Covid Fund Small Grant unrestricted core costs
CAF - Grant to Hope for Tomorrow
£9,900 09/04/2020
3
Grant to Hope for Tomorrow to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hope for Tomorrow
£3,794 15/11/2019
We would like to install an electric hook up point to make the location of our Mobile Cancer Care Units more reliable.
Somerset Community Foundation - Bumble's New Body Appeal
£3,000 13/09/2018
14
Contribution towards the refit of a mobile cancer care unit.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/11/2002, number: 1094677
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/09/2002, number: 04538433
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR12: 10 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION on 24/03/2023
Main office

Hope For Tomorrow
Unit 101
First Floor
Stonehouse Park
Sperry Way
STONEHOU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT, STUDY AND TREATMENT OF CANCER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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