Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

FUTURE HOPE (U.K.)

Registered charity 1157547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Future Hope helps underprivileged children - through relief of poverty and distress; provision of shelter and care, food and clothing, medical care; education and training to enable the children to develop into self-supporting adults . Future Hope (U.K.) supports the activities of Future Hope India which supports underprivileged children in Kolkata, West Bengal India

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£557k
Latest spending
£459k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £1,469,424, which the Trustees consider equivalent to over 18 months of operating expenses for their partner charity, Future Hope India. The charity reported a net income of £137,815 and maintains a reserves policy target of approximately £960,000, meaning current reserves are above the stated policy target. The Trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months' operating costs incurred by Future Hope (India), approximately £960,000 (held: £1.5m)
“Future Hope (U.K.)'s policy on reserves has previously been to maintain funds equivalent to 12 months' operating costs incurred by Future Hope (India). As at March 2025 this equates to approximately £960,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Volunteer expenses paid to an employee and their spouse, considered related party transactions.
“Volunteer expenses, included within fundraising costs for the year, considered to be related party transactions, comprise £1,895 (2024: £3,449) paid to an employee and £10,361 (2024: £4,930) paid to an employee's spouse.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£557k
Total spending
£459k
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~38.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 17.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£557k£459k
31/03/2024£684k£263k
31/03/2023£582k£741k
31/03/2022£615k£183k
31/03/2021£716k£792k

Common questions

Is FUTURE HOPE (U.K.) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £1,469,424, which the Trustees consider equivalent to over 18 months of operating expenses for their partner charity, Future Hope India. The charity reported a net income of £137,815 and maintains a reserves policy target of approximately £960,000, meaning current reserves are above the stated policy target. The Trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FUTURE HOPE (U.K.)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURE HOPE (U.K.) as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£50kGrant
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALBORADA TRUST1£235k
THE LINBURY TRUST1£150k
GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON1£99k
REGIONS BEYOND UK1£45k
TRINITY CENTRAL LONDON1£20k
HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON1£15k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST1£10k
MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUTURE HOPE (U.K.)£557k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S HOPE UK LTD FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE FOR THE YOUNG LIMITED FY2024£537k—0unclear4.0%no doubt
HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL FY2025£259k—0above—no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024£254k—0unclear—no doubt
PROJECT HOPE, UNITED KINGDOM FY2025£176k—0below—noted

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