HESSLE ROAD NETWORK

Registered charity 1097519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer a range of services to young people aged 9-25 as well as members of the wider community including open access sessions, issue based work, sports/well-being, outreach/detached sessions, employment projects, volunteering opportunities, a domestic abuse awareness project and intensive one to one support sessions.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE AGED, WHO HAVE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE CHRONICALLY SICK;TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS;TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE OR TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING OR IMPROVING, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL CARE AND IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE TIME FACILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO NEED THOSE FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, POVERTY, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;TO RELIEVE POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION BY AGE AND INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'SOCIAL EXCLUSION') AND WHERE HEREINAFTER REFERENCE IS MADE TO SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE THAT SHALL MEAN PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL EXCLUSION AS SO DEFINED.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO TRAINING AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES;TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTING PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP; IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR TO EXISTING BUSINESS;TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE;TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF HULL IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE HESSLE ROAD AREA AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND THE COUNTIES OF THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE.

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£326k
Latest spending
£404k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds £170,606 in unrestricted funds, which the trustees state is insufficient to meet their policy target of covering six months of expenditure. The accounts note that the charity's activities are dependent on the continued support of key funders, indicating a reliance on external funding for going concern status. Total incoming resources were £325,799, while total resources expended were £404,403, resulting in a net deficit for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“As there are currently insufficient funds in our general reserves, the Board of Directors agree at the end of each financial year if, and by how much, to top up the fund.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The company's activities are dependent upon the continued support of its key funders who have undertaken to provide such support for the foreseeable future.”
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.

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: 23
  • Government income: £75,450 — contracts £75,450 (1); 23% of the £325,799 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £65,609 — contracts £65,609 (1); 16% of the £412,712 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £74,298 — contracts £65,609 (1), grants £8,689 (2); 22% of the £332,793 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 21/02/2024, 21 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£326k£404k
31/03/2025£413k£334k
31/03/2024£333k£339k
31/03/2023£300k£327k
31/03/2022£296k£329k

Common questions

Is HESSLE ROAD NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds £170,606 in unrestricted funds, which the trustees state is insufficient to meet their policy target of covering six months of expenditure. The accounts note that the charity's activities are dependent on the continued support of key funders, indicating a reliance on external funding for going concern status. Total incoming resources were £325,799, while total resources expended were £404,403, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HESSLE ROAD NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HESSLE ROAD NETWORK as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, HEY SMILE FOUNDATION, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£208kNo Poverty
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£15kCoronavirus Community Fund
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£10kLocal support
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£10kSocial
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£9kSocial
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2023£8k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£8kNo Poverty
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£5kSocial
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kProgramme: Coronavirus Community Fund
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2025£5kSocial
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£3kFamily
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2025£600
THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2024£500
THE JOSEPH RANK BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2023£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/02/2026£165k"Hull’s Hidden Heroes"
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£337kChanging Futures Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£10kHessle Road Network
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kBoys Group
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2018£281kChanging Futures Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2016£3k1940 - Now
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2014£253kChanging Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2007£433kHessle Road Network - Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2004£103kImprove well-being of local people

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BYHP (TACKLING THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HESSLE ROAD NETWORK£326k—0below—noted
BYHP (TACKLING THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS) FY2025£424k—0unclear—no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT SERVICE FY2025£619k—0within—no doubt
OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS FY2025£590k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSE ROAD ASSOCIATION FY2026£6.1m——within—no doubt
YELLOW BRICK ROAD PROJECTS FY2025£344k—0above—no doubt

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