HOSPITALITY AND HOPE

Registered charity 1159213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a leading food insecurity, homelessness, and community well-being charity. Our main services aim is to reduce food insecurity by providing a foodbank and network of community shops. Reduce homelessness by providing supported living accommodation. Improve our community's wellbeing by delivering evidence-based interventions and advocating and campaigning alongside our community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:4.1.1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THOSE IN NEEDIN SOUTH TYNESIDE BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS, OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND AS THETRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) BY THEOPERATION OF A SOUP KITCHEN AND FOOD BANK;4.1.2. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ORANY OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) BY THE PROMOTION ANDPROVISION OF OR ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND/OR SUPPORTEDACCOMMODATION APPROPRIATE TO THEIR NEEDS; AND4.1.3. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OFENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SOUTH TYNESIDE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £80,465, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £431,262, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £220,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. The organization demonstrated financial resilience with total income of £1,173,599 against total expenditure of £1,093,134.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hospitality & Hope (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £135k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Lydonchair
• Anne Hetherington
• Caroline Farquhar
• Karen Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
• MS SUE CHILTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Magnus Peter Robert Willis
• SIR DAVID ROBERT MACGOWAN CHAPMAN BT · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: South Tyneside

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HOPE income £53k
• HOPE COVENTRY income £243k
• HANDS OF HOPE FOUNDATION income £42k
• HIGHWAY HOPE income £444k
• HOPE AND HELP income £77k
• LEAP INTO HOPE income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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