Overall GiG Score: 25 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

HOPE INTO ACTION UK 

Provision of quality support, including accommodation, to vulnerable individuals. We work mainly with ex-offenders, ex addicts, and the homeless.We work with churches to provide practical support for vulnerable individuals.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 14 years

www.hopeintoaction.org.uk

info@hopeintoaction.org.uk

01733558301

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UN SDGs
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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£1,629£1,701£-72£34£2,447£1,91713.5415
31/03/22£1,584£1,555£29£35£2,520£1,94815405
31/03/21£1,760£1,303£457£26£2,491£1,94417.9386
31/03/20£1,455£1,221£234£29£2,033£1,48214.63310
31/03/19£1,321£976£345£14£1,799£1,26015.5278
31/03/18£1,165£817£347£31£1,455£1,17617.3220
31/03/17£761£795£-34£24£1,107£98214.8200
31/03/16£697£654£43£10£1,142£95917.6170
31/03/15£857£535£322£3£1,099£96321.6100
31/03/14£715£344£371£3£776£60921.2100
31/03/13£421£181£240£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£241£155£86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£100£22£78£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 13.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 41 employees
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Pears Foundation£185,396
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£102,290
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£50,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
Tudor Trust£23,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action UK
£50,000 18/10/2023
Construction of 3 modular homes for a charity which works with homeless people in Peterborough
Pears Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£90,000 25/03/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 28/01/2022
Post Call to Alms growth. Accelerated number of churches housing the homeless.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hope Into Action UK
£2,000 06/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hope Into Action UK
£20,000 20/11/2020
over one year as continuation funding towards salaries at a project in Nottingham supporting marginalised people into secure housing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 02/10/2020
A call to Alms and a 2025 vision
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Hope into Action: East of England
£6,470 23/07/2020
Grant to Hope into Action: East of England meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£4,700 30/06/2020
12
To support them to scale up their training to churches enabling them to provide more homes for the homeless and help their franchise partners better support their tenants during the pandemic.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£25,000 27/05/2020
Next Steps Cambridge
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hope Into Action: East of England (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500 14/04/2020
as emergency funding towards the purchase of essential items to help families and vulnerable people supported by Hope Into Action in Nottingham
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action: East of England
£3,750 02/04/2020
3
to continue to support 75 previously homeless tenants with their tenancies using remote working practices through phone calls and delivering essential items
Pears Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£80,000 10/03/2020
24
Core funding
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£97,590 29/01/2020
36
Partnering with churches to enable them to house and support the homeless.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£15,396 16/05/2019
1
Refurbishment of house in Portsmouth
Essex Community Foundation - Hope into Action Norwich
£18,890 01/03/2019
24
To employ a support worker over two years and refurbish two properties for temporary accommodation for victims of modern slavery and homelessness in the Norwich area
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope into Action - Cambridge
£4,500 13/09/2018
12
The project will support the development of a project to help victims of slavery, with a view to overcoming trauma and integrating into society.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 21/06/2018
Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Pears Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£60,000 16/04/2018
24
Core funding
LandAid Charitable Trust - 3 Homes for Young People
£68,000 31/03/2018
2
This project will involve the refurbishment of 6 domestic houses, each located near to the supporting partner church. The accommodation will be refurbished to a high standard and equipped and ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£154,545 19/03/2018
36
Core funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action: East of England
£72,192 30/11/2017
0
The charity support the most vulnerable in Peterborough and surrounding area. The grant will support the core salaries of the Peterborough Administrator and the Finance Administration officer.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Into Action: East of England
£76,700 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Empowerment Worker at a project in Nottingham providing support to homeless and vulnerable people to help them sustain independent living
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope into Action - Peterborough
£216,740 12/07/2017
60
This Peterborough based project will support people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. It will do this by providing a room in a supported house, as well as addressing any issues ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hope Into Action: East of England
£60,000 19/05/2017
36
over three years towards staff salaries at church led housing project in Nottingham
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope into Action - Enabling Integration for Young Adult Refugees in No
£4,280 25/01/2017
12
This project will use the funding to support a pilot integration project for male refugees. This will give people better chances in life through upskilling them and providing housing and benefit ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£50,000 12/04/2016
24
Core funding
LandAid Charitable Trust - Refurbishment of 4 empty properties
£72,000 08/03/2016
6
Refurbishment four empty houses in four different cities (Wolverhampton, Peterborough, Ipswich and Norwich). These will house a total of between 16 and 20 young people who are homeless or at risk of ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action
£120,345 08/07/2015
36
To expand over three years the Hope into Action model of community-based supported housing through a social franchise in new towns, increasing the number of supported houses available for those ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hope into Action: East of England
£36,300 28/02/2013
The charity provides ex-offenders, ex-addicts and homeless people with accommodation and support using staff and volunteers. This enables those supported to move on positively with their lives and as ....more
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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: 42-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2010, number: 1137686
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/07/2010, number: 07309173
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
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

24-26 North Street
Peterborough
PE1 2RA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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