HOPE PROJECTS (WEST MIDLANDS) LTD

Registered charity 1138402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE PROJECTS

The Hope Projects work to help destitute asylum-seekers and others barred from public funds in the West Midlands.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £184,159 exceeded the trustees' stated target of £68,338, representing 15% of budgeted expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £32,550 against total expenditure of £500,322, with unrestricted funds increasing to £217,139. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the independent examiner's report.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Dr NEIL WHARRIER JOHNSON BA HONS MAchair
• Dominic Bradley
• Farhad Mohammad
• Laura Whitehouse
• Louise Calvey
• RANJIT SONDHI · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rawaz Mahdi Qader

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• RANJIT SONDHI — trustee here and at THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST

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).