HOPE 08 LTD

Registered charity 1116005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hope 08 is an initiative to encourage the diverse range of churches across the United Kingdom to 'raise the bar' in terms of their outreach to serve and communicate with the UK residents and many visitors during the whole year of 2014.

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Latest income
£235k
Latest spending
£347k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,024 for the year ended 31st December 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £151,381. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are held to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months, noting that unrestricted reserves are below the stated ideal of 12 months' operating costs but remain adequate for current needs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months operating costs (held: £151k)
“The trustees recognise that 12 months operating costs would be ideal on an ongoing basis and have achieved that.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£513k
Total spending
£485k
Reserves (reported)
£205k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£235k£347k
31/12/2024£442k£444k
31/12/2023£513k£485k
31/12/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/12/2021£421k£528k

Common questions

Is HOPE 08 LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,024 for the year ended 31st December 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £151,381. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are held to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months, noting that unrestricted reserves are below the stated ideal of 12 months' operating costs but remain adequate for current needs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOPE 08 LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE 08 LTD as a grant recipient include BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCHFY2022£1kGrants for the relief of poverty

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 H.O.P.E.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE 08 LTD£235k—0unclear—no doubt
H.O.P.E FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE WORLDWIDE FY2025£1.0m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON FY2023£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH WIRRAL FY2024£132k£29,0130unclear—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH NETWORK FY2026£259k—0unclear—no doubt

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