VISION OF HOPE ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY

Registered charity 1148671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VISION OF HOPE AAT

Vision of Hope was started to enable young people who have suffered through abuse and addiction to receive animal-assisted therapy. The Directors, have opened their home on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park to give these young people shelter, support, and time spent with the animals at their farm. The therapy has proved to be very helpful in building trust and bonding with the animals.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£258k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,252,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,305,293. However, the independent auditors issued a qualified opinion because they were unable to obtain sufficient evidence regarding expenditure other than wages due to missing invoices and receipts. The trustees confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Qualified Opinion due to inability to verify expenditure
The trustees have been unable to provide us with a complete set of invoices and receipts to support expenditure, excluding wages, included within the statement of financial activities. We have therefore, been unable to obtain sufficient evidence in respect of this area of expenditure and consequently, we were unable to determine whether any adjustments to these amounts were necessary. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ashmole and Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£258k
Reserves (reported)
£161k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; 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
31/03/2025£1.5m£258k
31/03/2024£219k£270k
31/03/2023£237k£306k
31/03/2022£309k£317k
31/03/2021£441k£349k

Common questions

Is VISION OF HOPE ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,252,160 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,305,293. However, the independent auditors issued a qualified opinion because they were unable to obtain sufficient evidence regarding expenditure other than wages due to missing invoices and receipts. The trustees confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashmole and Co.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government02/10/2020£20kVSCE CMC Fund

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VISION OF HOPE ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY£1.5m0unclearno doubt
HOPE RESCUE FY2025£2.3m0unclearno doubt
HOPEFIELD ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2024£1.0m0unclearno doubt
inHope (Bristol) Limited FY2025£1.9mUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt
GROWING HOPE FY2024£544k0unclearno doubt
THE HOPE CHARITY FY2025£187k0belownoted

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