Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

HOPE'S CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLES SUPPORT SERVICES

Hope Support Services is a Herefordshire charity set up to support young people & children when a close family member is diagnosed with a life threatening illness.From the moment of diagnosis support is immediate, preventative and continuing.Our vision is to build a foundation of support for young people within their own community. All funds raised within a community are used in that community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£239£251£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£198£242£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£210£212£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£286£267£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£265£252£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£294£308£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£182£246£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£335£224£111n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£232£183£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£222£160£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£165£142£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£115£98£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£88£63£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.hopesupport.org.uk

help@hopesupport.org.uk

01989566317

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£603,362
BBC Children in Need£107,013
Dulverton Trust£55,676
Herefordshire Community Foundation£31,612
Postcode Local Trust£25,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Hope in Herefordshire Family Support
£15,612 27/03/2024
11
Grant to Hope Support Services
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Hope in Herefordshire Core Funding
£1,000 18/03/2024
3
Core/revenue funding for Herefordshire supports our general overheads, such as rent, utilities, management salaries, IT, postage, office supply, training, and similar general expenses not included in most project grants.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hope's Children & Young Peoples Support Services
£9,300 13/12/2023
Purchase of laptops and mobile phone equipment for a charity which works with at risk youth experiencing serious family illness in the UK
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Meeting increased demand for support from schools, health partners and community organisations
£10,000 17/10/2023
Grant to Hope Support Services
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 29/09/2023
Funding enabled us to support around 800 children and young people when a loved one was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope in Herefordshire
£486,310 27/07/2023
This funding will be used to continue their support for Children and Young People aged between 5 and 25 from the moment that a loved one receives a diagnosis of a serious or terminal illness for as long as is needed. Support will be offered on a 1:1 ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope's Childrens & Young Peoples Support Services
£90,000 10/02/2023
36
This grant will support core costs for an Operations Manager ensuring young people have access to services supporting their mental health, positive relationships and building resilience
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Hope
£5,000 05/07/2022
Grant to Hope Support Services
Dulverton Trust - #iWill - The Y-Team
£20,676 28/10/2021
#iWill - The Y-Team
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Support
£117,052 27/08/2021
The funding will be used over 2 years to provide help for young people when a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal or serious illness. Support is provided on either/both a 1:1 or peer group basis and is available from the point of diagnosis for as ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope's Childrens & Young Peoples Support Services
£17,013 30/11/2020
This project will deliver 121 support and youth sessions to children aged 5-11 whose families are affected by a life threatening illness in Herefordshire. Outcomes include improved support networks and improved resilience.
Dulverton Trust - Core Programme Work
£35,000 12/02/2020
Core Programme Work
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 10/07/2019
24
Hope Under 11's
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope in Herefordshire
£328,856 14/12/2018
48
This funding will help to expand current work across the county, by offering support services for children and young people who are affected by a parent or carer's illness. They will be provided with tailored coping mechanisms, empowering them to ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,719 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope's Childrens & Young Peoples Support Services
£117,720 27/06/2018
36
This project will provide online and group support to young people whose families are affected by a life threatening illness. Through connecting with others children will build relationships and also be better able to cope with challenging ....more
Comic Relief - Apart of Me
£46,938 16/05/2018
9
Children and young people who have experienced the serious illness or death of a loved one experience high levels of distress, and there is currently inadequate, and inconsistent support available. Children who have experienced childhood bereavement ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Hope Support Services
£48,300 19/12/2016
Hope explores social history through Blacksmithing
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Support Services
£20,000 08/12/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of a project in Gloucestershire providing support to young people dealing with a life threatening diagnosis of a family member
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Support Services
£20,000 11/09/2014
24
towards two years' salary of a part-time Youth Worker at a project in Gloucestershire that supports young people dealing with a life threatening diagnosis of a family member
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hope Support Services
£30,000 29/05/2014
Hope is a Ross on Wye based charity set up to support young people when a close family member is diagnosed with cancer or another life-threatening illness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Training for Front-line Professionals Working with Young People in Glo
£10,000 07/11/2013
11
This is a project by a charity in Ross-On-Wye. The group will use the funding to provide training for Gloucestershire front line professionals and agencies who work with young people whose families are affected by life threatening illness. This will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Support's Online Help Service
£10,000 01/09/2011
11
This is a project by a charity in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. The group will use the funding to provide online support for young people with family who are diagnosed with a life threatening illness. This will expand their capacity by training a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope's Children and Young People Support Services
£10,000 29/04/2010
12
A project by this group based in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire to provide training to professionals working with young people affected by a parent or close relative being diagnosed with a terminal illness. The group will train teachers, social workers ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-71
  • FIONA JANE MEREDITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Development Director
  • HELEN ELIZABETH BOLT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Sixth Form
  • LISA CATHERINE GLOVER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pa To Headmistress
  • LOGAN JAMES RYAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Innovation Project Manager
  • REV CARL ATTWOOD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • ZINNIA JOANNE WILKINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Pastoral Care
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2010, number: 1135680
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/02/2010, number: 07164190
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 02/02/2022, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hope Support Services
Overross House
Ross Park
ROSS-ON-WYE
HR9 7US

Objectives

(1) To relieve the mental and physical sickness of persons resident in the United Kingdom, in particular children and young people suffering from bereavement or loss or a serious health crisis of a family member by the provision of workshops and support.(2) To advance the education of professionals working with children and young people suffering from bereavement, loss or the serious illness of a family member by the provision of training.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEREFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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