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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

HOPE GB

Hope GB is a voluntary support group which provides practical help and encouragement for people affected by autism, in Torfaen. We provide access to information and guidance on a range of issues. Hope GB has a passion for promoting an awareness of the reality of life with autism. We place emphasis on assisting the families and carers of people with autism, in the ways that are right for them.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/23£53£73£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£71£75£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£67£51£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£42£34£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£46£37£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£41£40£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£17£22£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£35£23£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£26£21£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.hopegb.co.uk

admin@hopegb.co.uk

07595455067

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Torfaen,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
BBC Children in Need£35,375
National Lottery Community Fund£29,880
DCMS£4,984
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Club
£10,000 24/05/2023
Hope GB will deliver weekly youth club sessions adopting a person-centred approach in an autism friendly environment designed to accommodate the needs of children and young people on the spectrum. The £10000 grant will fund sessional workers rent ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope GB
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Autism Friendly Youth Club
£9,880 01/07/2021
Hope GB in Torfaen will re-start face-to-face educational and social activities for autistic children and young people with a grant of £9.880.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope GB
£29,875 20/12/2020
This project will provide sessions and activities for children and young people on the autism spectrum. They will make more friends, strengthen their social skills, and be more confident to try new things.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Hope GB Out Reach Programme
£10,000 07/07/2020
12
Hope GB in Torfaen will offer increased learning and play opportunities for children and young people with autism. £10000 will fund activity packs sessional workers venue hire fuel costs and printing. Bydd Hope GB yn Nhorfaen yn cynnig mwy o ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope GB
£5,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund activity packs, development on line services and technology costs and increased operational costs due to covid-19 restrictions and reduce isolation to those children and young people affected.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,984 03/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hope GB
£30,000 10/08/2017
36
This project will provide a youth club for children and young people on the autism spectrum. They will have more fun, increase their confidence to try new things, and feel better about themselves.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • PAUL LAIRD Appointed: 2014
  • REV JON DICKERSON Appointed: 2017
  • SARAH ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • SUSAN LEWIS Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2014, number: 1157519
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
9 returns made; AR22: 34 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR16: 0 days late,
Main office

Hope Gb
Nant Bran
Upper Cwmbran Road
Upper Cwmbran
CWMBRAN
Gwent

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS):1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONS RESIDING WITHIN THE COUNTY OF TORFAEN AND THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH OR IMPACTED BY AUTISM OR AUTISTIC DISORDERS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF AUTISM AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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