THE HOPE TRUST

Registered charity 1159866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Formerly The Felixstowe Trust for the Christian Care of Older People objects areProvide relief to older people (regardless of faith or ethnicity) through the provision of practical and spiritual assistance. Promote the Christian Faith primarily for the benefit of older people in residential or care homes by the provision of practical and spiritual assistance in line with our statement of faith

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OLDER PEOPLE (REGARDLESS OF FAITH OR ETHNICITY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE. 2) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN RESIDENTIAL OR CARE HOMES BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE IN LINE WITH OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted cash funds of £64,909 against a stated reserves policy target of £25,000. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds compared to the previous year, with total receipts of £64,202 against total payments of £61,042.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev David Whitechair
• Dr ANNE HELEN FENNING MB BS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr TERRY SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• WENDY HORREX

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

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