HOPE HOUSE ESSEX

Registered charity 1149067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENS, BENS BRAINTREE

Accommodation & other help for the homeless in Braintree

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE DEEMED HOMELESS AND REQUIRE SUCH ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE INCLUDING SIGN-POSTING TO AGENCIES OR ORGANISATIONS OF FURTHER SUPPORT. 2. THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION WHERE LACKING, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.3. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH, EX-OFFENDERS OR OTHERS IN DANGER OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION, BY RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND GIVING SUPPORT.

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

Registered contact address: Braintree, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's funds became seriously depleted due to a lack of funding and unsuccessful bids, resulting in a net loss for the year and staff redundancies. The trustees are reviewing options for the next financial year, including a potential merger, to enable the charity's objectives to continue. The organization has secured rental income from another charity to cover mortgage and staff costs.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £494k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY BRITTENchair
• James George Douglas Mackay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nadine Hendrie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HOPE HOUSING BRIDLINGTON income £85k
• HOMES OF HOPE income £234k
• HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES income £425k
• HOPE HOUSING (BRADFORD) LTD income £955k
• HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £1.7m
• HOPE income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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