Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

HOPE FOR FAMILIES

Hope for Families is a not-for-profit Christian organisation providing a range of services to help and support families living in Northamptonshire and the surrounding area. We work at a preventative and universal level, helping parents with a range of common challenges. We run courses and events aimed at helping parents and carers build strong family relationships.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers 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
31/10/23		£38,353	£33,330	£5,023	7
31/10/22		£33,193	£29,982	£3,211	8

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.hopeforfamilies.org.uk

hello@hopeforfamilies.org.uk

07784333825

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for families & carers

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£8,489
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£3,000
Woodward Charitable Trust	£600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£600	30/10/2023	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Hope for Families - Family Support Services
£8,489	16/12/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a series of workshops for parents and carers facing economic challenges aiming to improve life skills and help people reach their potential.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Courses and events for parents, carers and couples
£3,000	06/05/2022	to fund the training of 3 more licensed facilitators to increase capacity for running courses and events across the county within the coming months particularly the Handling Anger in the Family course

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

NATHAN ADJETEY ADJEI Appointed: 2024

SHARON ELAIN SHORT Appointed: 2023

THELMA JANE DINGWALL Appointed: 2023

GARRYL CLIVE WILLIS (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: ADVENTURE PROJECTS TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/05/2021, number: 1194541

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Hope For Families
PO Box 8068
CORBY
Northamptonshire
NN17 9JU

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PURSUANCE OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MATTERS CONCERNING MARRIAGE, PARENTING, FAMILY LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH A VIEW TO STRENGTHENING AND ENRICHING FAMILY LIFE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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