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SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting women survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery to achieve the goal of complete and sustainable freedom. Adhering to best practices in coaching, facilitation and training to renew survivor confidence, purpose, and employability. Providing workshops, coaching, access to vocational work placements, internships, volunteer opportunities, training, and formal education.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£581k
Latest spending
£525k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 8.3% to £580,554, while total expenditure on charitable activities remained high at £495,279. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £221,516, which the trustees consider strong and equivalent to five months of expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities and has adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £70,001 - £80,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £70,001 - £80,000” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months’ expenditure (held: £222k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sophie Hayes Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£581k
Total spending
£525k
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£222k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 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 (93% 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: 5.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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£581k£525k
31/12/2024£633k£602k
31/12/2023£593k£565k
31/12/2022£535k£513k
31/12/2021£341k£484k

Common questions

Is SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by 8.3% to £580,554, while total expenditure on charitable activities remained high at £495,279. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £221,516, which the trustees consider strong and equivalent to five months of expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities and has adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation, Impact London Collective, SMALLWOOD TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, ROSA FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UBS UK Donor-Advised FoundationFY2021£100k
Impact London CollectiveFY2025£50kAnnual Grant Fund
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£21k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
ROSA FUNDFY2024£16kStand With Us Fund
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kUK Round July 2024
ROSA FUNDFY2025£10kVoices from the Front Line
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kEducation and Training
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£5k
ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4kCommunity Projects and Integration
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kemployability programme for women survivors of human trafficking
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kEducation and Training
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust20/04/2023£20kA grant to Sophie Hayes Foundation
City Bridge Foundation22/11/2022£176kGrant to Sophie Hayes Foundation
Postcode Lottery27/08/2022£24kSustainable freedom for survivors of human trafficking
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2022£745kSustainable Freedom through Employability
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2020£82kDay 46 Programme COVID-19 Response
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2017£131kDay 46 Programme

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE OLWYN FOUNDATION2£364k
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUST2£40k
INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOX2£23k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£15k
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST2£12k
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION2£10k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY2£9k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUST2£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAYING PUT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION£581k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
STAYING PUT FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
SOLACE WOMEN'S AID FY2025£15.8m——below—no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024£254k—0unclear—no doubt
UNSEEN (UK) FY2025£3.4m——below—no doubt
TREASURES FOUNDATION FY2025£552k—0unclear—no doubt

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