HOPE AFTER HARM

Registered charity 1031545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THAMES VALLEY PARTNERSHIP

Hope After Harm aim to bring people and organisations together to create safer and stronger communities. Supporting victims of crime and their families we work closely with criminal justice partners, local authorities, voluntary and community organisations and the private sector, to develop long term, sustainable solutions to the problems of crime and social exclusion.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £231,352 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £587,041 to £355,689. Unrestricted reserves stood at £176,978, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy to maintain reserves of £170k to cover unexpected costs and wind-up expenses. The trustees and auditors confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate funding and reserves for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: OPCC Thames Valley (52% of income)
“Contracts and Grants from the Police and Crime Commissioner Thames Valley amounted to £743,332”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £170k (held: £177k)
“The Trustees’ reserves policy aspires to maintain unrestricted reserves of £170k to cover any unexpected costs that could arise, as well as ongoing organisational costs and staff redundancy costs should there ever be a need to wind up the charity.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Henry Allmand is CEO of Heart of Bucks, which granted £10,000 to the charity.
“Mr Henry Allmand, a Trustee of the charity, is also CEO of Heart of Bucks which granted £10,000 (2024 £10,000) to the charity during the year.” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Justice Links Limited
“During the year the charity's subsidiary Justice Links Limited was formally dissolved.” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£177k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.7m
31/03/2024£2.1m£2.1m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.5m£2.2m

Common questions

Is HOPE AFTER HARM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £231,352 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £587,041 to £355,689. Unrestricted reserves stood at £176,978, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy to maintain reserves of £170k to cover unexpected costs and wind-up expenses. The trustees and auditors confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate funding and reserves for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds HOPE AFTER HARM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE AFTER HARM as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, CHK Foundation, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST, WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£75k
CHK FoundationFY2023£10k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kCommunity support
CHK FoundationFY2023£5k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kCharitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCharitable Donation
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/04/2025£20kSexual Violence Community Outreach Service
The National Lottery Community Fund11/09/2024£403kNew Leaf Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2023£500kFamily Matters Continuation 2
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2022£123kFamily Matters - continuation
UK government01/04/2022£11kHMPPS: Innovation Grant Programme
UK government01/04/2022£26kHMPPS: Innovation Grant Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2021£195kNew Leaf for Young People
A B Charitable Trust23/04/2020£10kA grant to Thames Valley Partnership
UK government01/04/2019£100kTechnological Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse 2019-20
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£351kFamily Matters
UK government01/04/2018£100kTechnological Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse 2018-19
The National Lottery Community Fund29/10/2014£10kSafe and secure system for meetings between mentors and ex-offenders
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£10kDrug Runners

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAMES VALLEY CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE AFTER HARM£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THAMES VALLEY CHURCHES OF CHRIST FY2025£394k—0unclear—no doubt
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
WARNING ZONE LIMITED FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
SAFE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025£680k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY THAMES VALLEY LIMITED FY2025£369k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.