PLYMOUTH HOPE

Registered charity 1153472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Programmes:- Asylum and Immigration Advice- Children & Young People (Support)- Wellbeing (Play, Sports, Physical & Social Activities; Psychosocial support)- Asylum & Migration (Information, Advice/Advocacy, Guidance)- Advocacy & Campaign (Racial Harmony, Equity & address Inequality)- Integration (Social Integration, Cohesion & Inclusion)- Education, Art & Heritage

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).(3) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;(C) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE.(4) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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 · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£343k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £142,609 to £66,316 due to a net movement in funds of negative £76,293. The balance sheet shows net assets of £66,316, with tangible assets valued at £40,243 and cash at bank and in hand at £28,867. The trustees have approved the accounts, indicating ongoing administrative compliance.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2026

  • Volunteers: 71
  • Government income: £40,500 — grants £40,500 (1); 15% of the £266,560 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 67
  • Government income: £172,690 — contracts £172,690 (172,690); 45% of the £386,272 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 78
  • Government income: £17,480 — contracts £15,000 (1), grants £2,480 (1); 6% of the £317,816 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Cornwall · Devon · Newport City · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2026£267k£343k
28/02/2025£386k£314k
29/02/2024£318k£315k
28/02/2023£239k£271k
28/02/2022£294k£276k

Common questions

Is PLYMOUTH HOPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £142,609 to £66,316 due to a net movement in funds of negative £76,293. The balance sheet shows net assets of £66,316, with tangible assets valued at £40,243 and cash at bank and in hand at £28,867. The trustees have approved the accounts, indicating ongoing administrative compliance. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PLYMOUTH HOPE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PLYMOUTH HOPE as a grant recipient include JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS, PLYMOUTH VCSE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONSFY2024£20kAdvice and Representation
PLYMOUTH VCSEFY2024£5kEsmee Fairbairn
PLYMOUTH VCSEFY2023£5kGrant disbursement
PLYMOUTH VCSEFY2023£500Grant disbursement

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2022£10kPlymouth Hope Football Festival and Family Fun Day 2022
The National Lottery Community Fund26/03/2021£474kFuture Youth
UK government17/07/2020£46kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2019£10kCommUNITY Chat & Plym Hope Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund12/04/2018£10kHOPE FESTIVAL & TOGETHER PROJECT
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2016£8kHope Festival & Family Fun Day Outreach Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRANSFORMING PLYMOUTH TOGETHER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PLYMOUTH HOPE£267k—0unclear—no doubt
TRANSFORMING PLYMOUTH TOGETHER FY2025£88k——above—no doubt
THE HOPE HUB FY2026£647k—0unclear—no doubt
BEST HOPE FY2026£72k——unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE HOPE FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
RESTORE HOPE FY2025£1.4m——below—no doubt

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