Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

THE HOPE STREET CENTRE 

The Hope Street Centre provides a range of services to the local community including employment support, computer training, advice sessions, volunteering and volunteer training opportunities, work experience and training placements for adults with learning disabilities and other community led activities based on the needs of the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 8 years

www.thehopestreetcentre.wordpress.com

thehopestreetcentre@outlook.com

01795583824

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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*£132£130£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£207£209£-2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£207£209£-2n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/20£135£128£7n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/19£112£118£-6n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/18£90£86£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£73£69£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent, Medway,

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£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,988
Co-Operative Group£4,294
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope Street Activities
£9,988 22/09/2023
The funding will be used to run a range of activities to bring isolated people and people with long term health conditions together in the community. This project aims to provide classes such as ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Street Centre
£20,000 22/09/2022
24
towards two years' salary and on costs of the Centre Manager at an organisation providing support for people from disadvantaged communities in Sheerness, Kent.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Hope Street Centre
£4,294 23/10/2021
We would encourage adults with learning disabilities to get involved in sports, recreation and social activities at locations across Kent to reduce isolation and help them to live healthier lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blue Tree Outreach Activities
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to provide a variety of sports recreation and social activities for adults living with learning disabilities people with long-term health conditions and those who are most ....more
Sport England - Aspire at Hope Street
£10,000 15/10/2018
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Aspire at Hope Street. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Street Centre
£10,000 12/09/2018
12
towards one year's salary of a full time Centre Manager at a project providing a programme of support to individuals in a deprived area of Kent
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hope Street Centre
£10,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing employment support, computer training and work placements for people in a deprived area of Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Access for All
£10,000 17/02/2016
12
This organisation will use the funding to engage adults with learning disabilities in sports, recreation and other training activities to improve their skills, confidence and self esteem. The group ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2016, number: 1165260
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR23: 50 days late,
Main office

The Hope Street Centre
Rose Street Car Park
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 1AJ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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