Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

VOICES OF HOPE 

Our mission is to to restore and rebuild hope in individuals, improving their physical and mental health through undertaking community-based projects. We currently run choirs that reach out to people who are isolated, vulnerable, dealing with trauma or battling significant mental/physical health difficulties. You can find out more by visiting us on the web at voh.org.uk.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£354,507£344,471£10,03660
31/03/22£287,700£274,473£13,22770
31/03/21£236,207£153,293£82,91470
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.voh.org.uk

info@voh.org.uk

07808793781

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 volunteers

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
The London Community Foundation£24,568
Community Foundation for Surrey£19,720
National Lottery Community Fund£18,180
Walton Charity£17,000
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
The Childhood Trust£7,750
Co-Operative Group£6,936
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 28/11/2023
towards a collaborative project between five community choirs and emerging professional musicians
Community Foundation for Surrey - BRITE Box
£9,720 07/12/2022
Funding for weekly meal kits for families identified at risk of food insecurity.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sisterhood Sanctuary
£9,980 04/11/2022
This project will support women who are isolated and with mental health issues. The funding will help run a 2 hour session with a healthy lunch wellbeing pampering options (e.g. manicures hand ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Voices of Hope
£3,421 22/10/2022
The goal is to create a community garden with an emphasis on food growing, through which we will improve people's physical and mental wellbeing.
The Childhood Trust - C-59248
£5,000 28/06/2022
BRITE Box is a weekly family meal recipe kit with all ingredients provided to prepare & eat a healthy meal for 5 together. We aim to proactively address the growing issue of food hunger in ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - A Jubilee of Meaningful Memories
£5,000 01/04/2022
Funding to collect memories and thoughts from older people to then create a high-quality composition to be shared with a number of older people in care homes on the Jubilee weekend.
Community Foundation for Surrey - BRITE Box - Elmbridge
£5,000 29/11/2021
10
Funding toward a healthy food delivery box, for families in Elmbridge living in poverty.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Voices of Hope
£3,515 23/10/2021
The Brite Box Project aims to address the growing issue of food hunger in children, reaching more than 200 vulnerable families with complete resources to cook a healthy meal together.
The Childhood Trust - Brite Box Project
£2,750 22/06/2021
Brite Box is a weekly meal recipe kit with all ingredients provided to prepare and eat a healthy meal together. We proactively address the growing issue of food hunger in children through fun, family ....more
Walton Charity - Brite Box
£17,000 01/06/2021
Funding weekly meal kits to families identified as at risk of food insecurity
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Breathing Course
£8,200 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of breathing courses for people living with the effects of long COVID and respiratory illnesses. The project aims to aid recovery support lung function ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Voices of Hope
£9,568 12/02/2021
5
1. Project management staff costs - Brite Box and Food HUB meals 2. Food supplies, packaging and printing 3. Volunteer costs
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Voices of Hope
£15,000 06/07/2020
We are requesting funding for infrastructure support to maintain, expand and secure our offer to local vulnerable people for the provision of food parcels and cooked meals (so far over 900 food ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2020, number: 1187454
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Voices of Hope
161A Clarence Street
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Surrey
KT1 1QT

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, INCLUDING SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE ART OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF RECITALS, CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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