HOPE FOR JUSTICE

Registered charity 1126097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q16844682 · Wikipedia · also registered in Scotland as SC045769 (OSCR)

Hope for Justice works in UK, USA, Ethiopia, Uganda, Australia & ROI to bring freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery by identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation. Work includes outreach, community prevention, shelters, advocacy, training, & policy work. Our subsidiary, SFA helps businesses protect their supply chains against modern slavery and exploitation.

Objects

3.1)The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship, in particular but not exclusively as a result of human trafficking and modern slavery, for the public benefit by 3.1a) the advancement of education, including the education of the general public about issues in relation to human trafficking and modern slavery through congresses, seminars, fora and publications.3.1b) the relief of unemployment through support, advice and training. 3.1c)the relief of sickness and preservation of health. 3.2)To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £0.60m for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant turnaround from the prior year's deficit. However, the group's free reserves remain in a deficit of £789,211, which is below the trustee-approved policy target of £1.8 million. The trustees confirm that the going concern position has been rectified and that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 28/03/2024, 57 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 28/02/2023, 28 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Mother of drug war victim in mistaken identity case clings to hope for justice rappler.com · 15/10/2026
• Zubeen Garg Death Case: ‘Cannot Comment on Higher Court Cases,’ Says Assam CM; Expresses Hope for Justice northeastlivetv.com · 12/10/2026
• Two years after RG Kar rape and murder case, citizens' hope for justice fades telegraphindia.com · 08/10/2026
• Woman has renewed hope for justice 17 years after reporting rape in Lawrence - Lawrence Journal-World www2.ljworld.com · 02/10/2026
• Eight years after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Türkiye, is France the last hope for justice? rsf.org · 01/10/2026
• Mt. Juliet man accused of stealing 80,000 donor contacts from Hope for Justice wkrn.com · 30/09/2026
• NDIANG’UI KINYAGIA’S LANDMARK VICTORY: A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR JUSTICE IN KENYA kdrtv.co.ke · 23/09/2026
• Parents of Briton killed in Cyprus hope for justice — Cyprus Mail ua.news · 18/09/2026

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tim Nelson — CEO (source)
• Foluke Ajayi — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Elaine Jones — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Joy Oliveros — Chief Finance Officer (source)
• Jason Dukes — Chief Philanthropy Officer (source)
• Christie Edwards — Chief Impact Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Jonathan Paul Bourne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Patrick Donnell
• Ann Start
• Ebunoluwa Mofoluwake Ajayi
• Michael Thomas Brock
• Omobonike Bracewell
• Sarah Hilary Booth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sterling Sankey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Australia · Ethiopia · Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• HOPE AT HOME income £245k
• HOPE FOR HUMANITY income £166k
• HOPE FOR THE NATIONS CHILDRENS CHARITY income £64k
• HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL income £259k
• JUSTICE & CARE income £4.5m
• HOPE AFTER HARM income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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