CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1061526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BABY AID, CONTAINERS OF HOPE, RAY OF HOPE

We provide financial support to the Anglican Churches in Rwanda and Uganda to enable the education of children and support of individuals, community groups, church run health clinics and schools. All our work is aimed at providing a platform to share the Gospel and assist individuals and communities to move towards a state of self-sufficiency.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE OVERSEAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AID.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brentwood, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£399k

Latest spending

£398k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income was just under £400k with a small increase from the previous year, resulting in a net surplus of £1,024. The charity holds total reserves of £333,075, which exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000. The trustees report that finances continue in a positive vein with no concerns about the charity's ability to operate as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Donations and legacies 112086 284642 396728 388439” — page 13

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £333k)

“The Trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted funds of £30,000 (which represents approximately 3 months unrestricted expenditure)” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Magali Louise Josette Ellischair
AFOLABI JAMES OLADUNJOYE
Carol Serena Phillips
Gary Clark
Paul Edward Guyver
Stephen Caldwell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Rwanda · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£399k	£398k
31/03/2025	£392k	£332k
31/03/2024	£303k	£304k
31/03/2023	£351k	£351k
31/03/2022	£413k	£261k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income was just under £400k with a small increase from the previous year, resulting in a net surplus of £1,024. The charity holds total reserves of £333,075, which exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000. The trustees report that finances continue in a positive vein with no concerns about the charity's ability to operate as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RAINHAM, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CHELTENHAM, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, COLLIER ROW, ROMFORD	FY2022	Unverified read£100k
THE GRACE TRUST	FY2021	Unverified read£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RAINHAM, DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD	FY2024	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CHELTENHAM	FY2023	£500	Mission Giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CHELTENHAM	FY2024	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW	FY2023	£250	Mission Partners
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW	FY2024	£150	Donation

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£65k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	1	£15k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£15k
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	1	£14k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£12k
GIVINGWORKS	1	£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CANFORD MAGNA	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIAN HOPE MINISTRY.

CHRISTIAN HOPE MINISTRY income £167k
HOPE CHURCH, IPSWICH income £932k
CHILD OF HOPE income £288k
LEAP INTO HOPE income £39k
HOPE CHURCH NEWCASTLE income £58k
HOPE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTIAN HOPE INTERNATIONAL	£399k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN HOPE MINISTRY FY2025	£167k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH, IPSWICH FY2025	£932k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHILD OF HOPE FY2025	£288k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
LEAP INTO HOPE FY2025	£39k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2026	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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