BRINGING HOPE

Registered charity 1122288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ACTIVITIES COMMENCED IN APRIL 2008 INCLUDED WORKING WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND RACES IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SAFETY

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £252,507, which is above the stated policy target of £33,000 (three months of expenditure). However, the trustees note that grant timing may distort this position and that the charity is dependent on external funding to sustain operations, with no earned income alone sufficient to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bringing Hope (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DENNIS STORRODchair
• ADELE MELAINE KALSI
• GRACE BALLY-BALOGUN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Appleby
• SALLY BATEMAN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Bristol City · Coventry City · Dudley · Manchester City · Sandwell · Solihull · Throughout London · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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