HUCKNALL HOPE LEA PROJECT LTD

Registered charity 1069660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide Residential, Supported Living and Day Services for adults with learning disabilities who live in Hucknall and surrounding areas.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LIVING IN OR ORIGINATING FROM HUCKNALL

Area of benefit: HUCKNALL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£303k

Latest spending

£321k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,340 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by budget shortfalls in Day and Residential services due to vacancies and staff sickness. Despite this deficit, the charity held free reserves of £78,262, which the trustees noted were equivalent to approximately four months of running costs, exceeding their stated policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Contract services (94% of income)

“Services provided under contract Care services 284,907”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £78k)

“The Trustees aim to keep the reserves at a level sufficient to cover at least three months of the years planned spending and to cover any emergency that should arise.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03321416

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

FITZPATRICK, Lorraine Amanda — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
BRINKLOW, Joan — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
ROSTANCE, Kevin Thomas — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
UNDERWOOD, Duane — director, appointed 25/10/2021on trustee list
DARRINGTON, Richard — director, appointed 25/10/2021on trustee list
CHALLAND, Kim Marie — director, appointed 18/03/2019on trustee list
VERE, Jacky — director, appointed 18/03/2019on trustee list
SIMPSON, Janet — director, appointed 17/09/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Hucknall Hope Lea Project Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 05/04/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kevin Thomas Rostancechair
Duane Underwood
Emma Jayne Turner-Neale
Jacky Vere
Janet Simpson
Joan Brinklow
KEVIN HOLLINGWORTH
KIM MARIE CHALLAND
Lorraine Fitzpatrick
Richard Darrington

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£303k	£321k
31/03/2024	£298k	£317k
31/03/2023	£294k	£275k
31/03/2022	£273k	£265k
31/03/2021	£274k	£267k

Common questions

Is HUCKNALL HOPE LEA PROJECT LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,340 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by budget shortfalls in Day and Residential services due to vacancies and staff sickness. Despite this deficit, the charity held free reserves of £78,262, which the trustees noted were equivalent to approximately four months of running costs, exceeding their stated policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.