Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

ACTIVE HOPE

THE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/10/23		£290	£274	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/22		£322	£220	£102	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/21		£169	£149	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/20		£165	£139	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/19		£167	£174	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/18		£168	£165	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17		£133	£154	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£151	£145	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£161	£169	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£139	£143	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£128	£119	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£158	£111	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.activehope.org

office@activehope.org

01925264584

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Sports activities
Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Warrington,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports 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

Steve Morgan Foundation	£174,900
BBC Children in Need	£45,000
Joseph Rank Trust	£37,500
Co-Operative Group	£7,925
Garfield Weston Foundation	£6,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£4,521

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Active Hope
£1,665	21/10/2023	Working with local children, we'd like to provide access to a programme of activities that improve their wellbeing. These include forest adventures, climbing courses, and water sports.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Active Hope
£45,000	27/02/2023 36	This grant will provide outdoor and adventurous activities and residential experience to disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The intended outcome is to give them the confidence and ability to ....more This grant will provide outdoor and adventurous activities and residential experience to disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The intended outcome is to give them the confidence and ability to become the best version of themselves.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Camping Tents
£2,500	02/02/2023	Active Hope support local children from disadvantaged backgrounds and challenging social environments by providing outdoor and adventure activities. This funding grant will be used to purchase a set ....more Active Hope support local children from disadvantaged backgrounds and challenging social environments by providing outdoor and adventure activities. This funding grant will be used to purchase a set of camping tents, to enable us to offer camping residentials where children and young people will have the opportunity to access challenging physical activities.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Active Hope
£57,000	09/11/2022	3 years grant for residential programmes throughout the summer
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Active Hope
£111,900	09/11/2022	3 years grant for shortfall in Mentoring Programme
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Active Hope
£6,000	09/11/2022	Towards a new bike stock
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,250	31/10/2022	Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Active Hope
£2,034	22/10/2022	We plan to run "Adventure Academy" - a project that allows local children to experience adventurous activities, gain new skills, improve their wellbeing and help them to feel good about ....more We plan to run "Adventure Academy" - a project that allows local children to experience adventurous activities, gain new skills, improve their wellbeing and help them to feel good about themselves.
Joseph Rank Trust - Active Hope, Warrington
£37,500	29/07/2022	To fund the core costs of the charity
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000	06/05/2022	Urban Adventure Project
Cheshire Community Foundation - Climbing Equipment
£2,021	10/11/2021	Active Hope uses outdoor and adventurous activities as a tool to reach disadvantaged and vulnerable children, allowing them to access things like kayaking, mountain biking, archery, climbing, forest ....more Active Hope uses outdoor and adventurous activities as a tool to reach disadvantaged and vulnerable children, allowing them to access things like kayaking, mountain biking, archery, climbing, forest skills and much more. New climbing equipment will allow us to run climbing sessions both indoor and outdoor. This grant will pay for new climbing equipment, such as harnesses, ropes, helmets and safety gear. Climbing is one of our most successful activities as it allows the children to really connect with our instructors and learn new skills, encourage self-esteem and positive well-being.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000	27/12/2019	Adventure Academy
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Active Hope
£4,226	15/11/2019	We want to run a three-day, residential 'Adventure Academy' during school holidays, with fun outdoor activities for children aged 7-11.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-77

ALAN LESLIE SHIELDS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

DR GRAHAM PALMER, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner

FIONA LOUISE AVERY MRS Appointed: 2024

JONATHAN CURTIS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Child Minder

KEITH CURTIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

LEE ROGERS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Manager

RUTH HELEN HUGHES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Housewife

SUSAN MARGARET HATTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired School Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2011, number: 1140534
Registered at Companies House on 12/01/2011, number: 07490362

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; AR11: 137 days late,

Main office

5 PANGBOURNE CLOSE
APPLETON
WARRINGTON
WA4 5HJ

Objectives

( I ) TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITYSO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY GROW TO FULLMATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BEIMPROVED(2) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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