HOPE AND RESTORATION
Providing skills development workshops, employment support and work placement opportunities to the unemployed, Job seekers, low skilled and those Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) to enable them gain the right skills, confidence and personal awareness to facilitate their progression into employment, self-employment or further learning.
Objects
1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH WORK PLACEMENTS, JOB SEARCHES, JOB APPLICATION, CV WRITING, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND AFTER-CARE2. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG ECONOMICALLY AND/OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE MAINLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO LONE PARENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING (NEET), JOB SEEKERS, LOW INCOME EARNERS AND THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO QUALIFICATIONS (“THE BENEFICIARIES”) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT TO ENABLE THESE INDIVIDUALS SEEK SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.3. TO OTHERWISE ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFICIARIES, OR THE WIDER PUBLIC AS MAY BE DETERMINED, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCREDITED COURSES TO INCREASE THEIR SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £16,350 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £29,503. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern, citing secured continuation funding and cost-reduction measures that support its immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months.
What the accounts disclose
“Director/trustee was paid a remuneration of £1,536 during this financial year for specialised work.” — page 12
“Director/trustee was paid a remuneration of £1,536 during this financial year for specialised work.” — page 12
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 1
- Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); 5% of the £29,503 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 2
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2022
- Volunteers: 2
Trustees
- FRANCIS OHENE ADU
- MARGARET THORLI
- SARAH CONTEH
- SHIKA LARNYO
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £30k | £13k |
| 31/08/2024 | £5k | £10k |
| 31/08/2023 | £23k | £25k |
| 31/08/2022 | £15k | £22k |
| 31/08/2021 | £6k | £24k |
Common questions
Is HOPE AND RESTORATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £16,350 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £29,503. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern, citing secured continuation funding and cost-reduction measures that support its immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/03/2023 | £10k | Skills & employability support and Tackling Cost of Living Crisis |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 03/12/2021 | £10k | Up-Skilling Unemployed Lone Parents and Capacity Building |
| UK government | 04/08/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/05/2019 | £10k | Pathway 2 Employability/Classroom Assistant Skills Training |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 28/07/2016 | £10k | Pathway to IT for over 50's Pilot Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/09/2009 | £10k | Grassroots Coaching and Mentoring Programme |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| FRIMLEY FUEL ALLOTMENTS CIO | 1 | £43k |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | 1 | £33k |
| THE NISBET TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| THE BURDEN TRUST | 1 | £18k |
| THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £15k |
| THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST | 1 | £12k |
| THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £12k |
| HEART RESEARCH UK | 1 | £10k |
Charities like this
- HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED
- THE HOPE CHARITY
- THE HOPE HUB
- COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE
- HOPE'S PLACE
- SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS)
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE AND RESTORATION | £30k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED | £1.7m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE HOPE CHARITY | £187k | — | 0 | below | — | noted |
| THE HOPE HUB | £647k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE | £261k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| HOPE'S PLACE | £41k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |