HOPE, UGANDA

Registered charity 1146375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUG

Hope Uganda (HUG) is the UK administrative and fundraising arm for Rainbow Hope Centre in Lukaya district of Uganda. The aim of the charity is to build a Children's Centre in order to accommodate, feed and educate children who were homeless and or orphans.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELLIEF OF POVERTY IN THE COUNTRY OF UGANDA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMS OR SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS, AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £8,560 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year. The trustees note that while income has risen, expenditure has also increased due to rising food costs, leaving only limited contingency funds. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately 10 percent of income in reserve.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Standing Order Donations (44% of income)

“Standing Order Donations £13,340.00” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately 10 percent of the charities income (held: £9k)

“HUG believes that it is right and proper to have in the order of approximately 10 percent of the charities income held in reserve as in accordance with the Charities Commission guidance on financial reserves.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HOPE UGANDA, HUG (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

ROY MCVEY FIELDchair
Lyndsey Field
NORMA DANIELS
PETER JOHN HOWARD
SHARON RICKETTS
VANESSA JANE CADE-HUGHES

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£31k	£30k
31/12/2023	£26k	£27k
31/12/2022	£28k	£25k
31/12/2021	£22k	£22k
31/12/2020	£21k	£22k

Common questions

Is HOPE, UGANDA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £8,560 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year. The trustees note that while income has risen, expenditure has also increased due to rising food costs, leaving only limited contingency funds. The charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately 10 percent of income in reserve. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.