BEST HOPE

Registered charity 1151372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We promote employment opportunities to include assistant to find job, offer start up business and enterprise advise, organize event to tackle social isolation noticeable among disadvantaged young and older people, promote social cohesion, community integration and equal access to services so that diversity community groups can benefit.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANIST IONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£72k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £17,011.51, resulting in a negative net asset position of £10,570. The charity's unrestricted funds are insufficient to cover its liabilities, with creditors due within one year totaling £23,586 against cash and bank balances of £11,322.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2026£72k£71k
30/06/2025£44k£61k
30/06/2024£50k£48k
30/06/2023£47k£23k
30/06/2022£64k£50k

Common questions

Is BEST HOPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £17,011.51, resulting in a negative net asset position of £10,570. The charity's unrestricted funds are insufficient to cover its liabilities, with creditors due within one year totaling £23,586 against cash and bank balances of £11,322. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2024£20kPromoting Access to Services
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2023£10kSafe Space
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kSector Specific Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2016£10kPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2012£10kSocial Enterprise and Employment Club to Improve Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2010£10kSkills training and employment to improve lives