HOPE – South Yorkshire Fire-, Road- and Water-related Trauma Support for Families

Registered charity 1165443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE, HOPE- THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE AND RTC FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP

Providing a support structure for people affected by a death or traumatic incident either within their family or through witnessing of a fire, road traffic collision (RTC) or drowning incident with trauma, and by responding to the emotional needs of people who have been affected by fire, RTC or drowning or incident causing trauma with charitable help and assistance.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE (THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) PROVIDING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY A DEATH OR TRAUMATIC INCIDENT EITHER WITHIN THEIR FAMILY OF THROUGH THE WITNESSING OF A FIRE, ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISION (RTC) OR INCIDENT WITH TRAUMA AND BY RESPONDING TO THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FIRE, RTC OR INCIDENT CAUSING TRAUMA WITH CHARITABLE HELP AND ASSISTANCE;(2) SETTING UP A SIGN-POSTING NETWORK OF SUPPORT AND PROVIDING INFORMATION THROUGH SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND TRAINING EVENTS WHICH AIM TO ADDRESS THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA SUFFERED BY PEOPLE THROUGH TRAUMA BY FIRE, RTC OR INCIDENT WITH TRAUMA; (3) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL AGENCIES, COMMUNITY OR VOLUNTARY NETWORKS AND OTHER CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO ASSIST THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE CHARITY; AND(4) INCREASING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PROMOTING SAFETY BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR HOME AND ROAD SAFETY, MANAGE RISK AND ON HOW TO STAY SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 held unrestricted reserves of £62,265, which equates to 5 months of operating expenses, exceeding its policy target of 4 months. The charity reported a surplus for the year and has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, despite awaiting the outcome of a new grant application.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HOPE - South Yorkshire (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cllr Steve Ayrischair
• Alan Atkin
• Christopher Farouk Kardahji
• Deborah J Mathews
• Robert Malyan
• Robert Taylor
• Samuel Oldroyd · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with H.O.P.E.

• H.O.P.E income £176k
• FND HOPE UK income £274k
• THE HOPE CHARITY income £187k
• HOPE AT HOME income £245k
• HOPE RESCUE income £2.3m
• HOPE2SLEEP income £684k

Side by side with its peers

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