HEALTH AND HOPE UK

Registered charity 1151105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEALTH AND HOPE

Health and Hope UK supports the delivery of programmes in Myanmar structured around four strategic goals:1. Health: to improve access to public health & primary medical care2. Education: to build local skills for community development3. Community: to enhance community, cohesion and hope4. Food security: to diversify agricultural production and reduce chronic malnutrition

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,913,847, resulting in a net income of £446,357. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £215,218, which the trustees assess as covering 100% of their six-month reserves policy target based on budgeted operating costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £63,668 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One member of key management personnel was paid a salary, social security and pension total of £63,668 during the year.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £215k)

“The trustees seek to hold an amount in reserve equal to or greater than six months running costs.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£66k

Reserves (reported)

£215k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN DAVID GRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexa Murray
Jonathan Spence
Peter Francis Travers Harlock · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Edmund Liang Chai Ong
Thomas Joseph Walsh
Timothy Robert Creber

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

Operates in: Burma

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£1.5m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£733k	£795k
31/03/2022	£609k	£517k
31/03/2021	£554k	£452k

Common questions

Is HEALTH AND HOPE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,913,847, resulting in a net income of £446,357. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £215,218, which the trustees assess as covering 100% of their six-month reserves policy target based on budgeted operating costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knight Goodhead Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of HEALTH AND HOPE UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £63,668 band.

Who funds HEALTH AND HOPE UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEALTH AND HOPE UK as a grant recipient include THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD, THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	FY2022	£7k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	FY2024	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	FY2023	£2k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	FY2021	£250
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	FY2022	£250

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ICC MISSIONS	1	£106k
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
London Homelessness Foundation	1	£50k
THE PIKE STAR FOUNDATION	1	£38k
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£35k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CRAWLEY	1	£32k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HAMPTON WICK	1	£27k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

PROJECT HOPE, UNITED KINGDOM income £176k
HELP TO CREATE HOPE TRUST income £2.1m
HOPE HEALTH ACTION income £1.6m
CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD income £160k
MEDICAL ACTION MYANMAR UK income £199k
HOPE WORLDWIDE income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEALTH AND HOPE UK	£1.9m	£63,668	above	—	no doubt
PROJECT HOPE, UNITED KINGDOM FY2025	£176k	—	below	—	noted
HELP TO CREATE HOPE TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE HEALTH ACTION FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEDICAL ACTION MYANMAR UK FY2025	£199k	—	above	—	no doubt

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