Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

HOPE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVISION OF A NURSERY SCHOOL. RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS. OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/23		£390	£404	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/22	*	£457	£465	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21		£310	£311	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/20		£307	£357	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/19		£293	£297	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£316	£292	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£235	£241	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£193	£210	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£192	£200	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£168	£161	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£215	£215	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£245	£259	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£273	£303	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£312	£321	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£351	£402	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£303	£263	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£255	£226	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£192	£224	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£220	£184	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.hopecity.foundation

info@hopecity.foundation

01142132065

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
75 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

Henry Smith Charity	£100,200
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,390
CAF	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Jigsaw Cafe
£9,390	29/06/2023	The project will use the funding for an over 55’s community group which meet twice a week to connect with others through a range of activities and events designed to improve mental and physical ....more The project will use the funding for an over 55’s community group which meet twice a week to connect with others through a range of activities and events designed to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing and reduce isolation.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope City Foundation
£100,200	16/09/2020 36	towards three years' running costs of a community hub in Sheffield.
CAF - Grant to Hope City Foundation
£6,000	01/06/2020 3	Grant to Hope City Foundation to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-56

BRIGHTMORE PANASHE KUNAKA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student

JESSICA BRAMHALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sy Female Accommodation Coordinator

ANNA ELIZABETH IBBOTSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director

ELIZABETH MUTHIAH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: School Teacher

LOIS ELIZABETH WILLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pastor

LOUISE DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

COLIN DAVIES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: C3 TRUST UK, CENTRE AT THREE WAYS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2004, number: 1102542
Registered at Companies House on 18/07/2002, number: 04489582

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR22: 55 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR07: 12 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

THE MEGACENTRE
BERNARD ROAD
SHEFFIELD
S2 5BQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY THE PROVISION OF A NURSERY SCHOOL(III) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES(IV) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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