HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON

Registered charity 1139362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To reach out and support the most vulnerable and isolated people in the community Door knocking,outreach Support at home ESOL support for speakers of other languages, emotional, practical supportVisiting support for older people at home, lunch club, exercise classes, friendship group, Children and Youth groups, issue based work, 1:1 key workWomen's group

Objects

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO:4.1.1 RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASONS OF YOUTH, AGE, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND SPECIFICALLY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE WIDER OBJECTS, TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUPPORT FOR THE VULNERABLE AND ISOLATED OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE HEATH TOWN AREA OF WOLVERHAMPTON.4.1.2 PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TAILORED SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED OR VULNERABLE DUE TO FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.4.1.3 ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO RELIEVE ANY NEED WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES OF THOSE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED.4.1.4. PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE.4.1.5. PROVISION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Area of benefit: WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE HEATH TOWN AREA OF WOLVERHAMPTON

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£208k
Latest spending
£207k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,416 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £9,584. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £10k)
“It is the policy of the that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 54
  • Government income: £12,415 — grants £12,415 (2); 6% of the £208,107 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 46

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 46
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£208k£207k
31/03/2024£255k£246k
31/03/2023£157k£155k
31/03/2022£69k£134k
31/03/2021£165k£161k

Common questions

Is HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,416 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £9,584. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON as a grant recipient include Moto Foundation, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Moto FoundationFY2022£1kCommunity Grant
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2022£1kCommunity, Inclusion and Engagement
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kCommunity Projects and Engagement

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2026£390kSpokes Skills and Spoons (Heath Town)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2026£54kRooted
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2026£20kHope Gateway
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£19kBreaking Bread Food Pantry and Clothing Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kHeath Town Urban Beach
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2022£10kHappier Healthier Families
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2015£349kHope Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2014£10kSunflower Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2011£163kHope Community Project ,Wolverhampton

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 HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WYMONDHAM).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE COMMUNITY PROJECT WOLVERHAMPTON£208k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WYMONDHAM) FY2025£416k—0below—no doubt
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE HOUSE PROJECT FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE COVENTRY FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH (UK) FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt

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