BUILDING 4 HOPE

Registered charity 1171933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the needs of young people and adults in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage within the West Midlands through the provision of construction related training in accordance with a nationally recognised curriculum (diplomas and NVQ via CSkills or equivalent).

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS BY;A) THE PROVISION OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED CURRICULUM (DIPLOMAS AND NVQ VIA C SKILLS OR EQUIVALENT);B) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT THE CHARITIES TRAINING CENTRE OR ANY OTHER ACCREDITED CENTRE;C) PROVIDING GRANTS TO SUPPORT BENEFICIARIES TO FIND EMPLOYMENT

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £73,858, with unrestricted funds ending at £36,427 and restricted funds at £6,640. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain a reserve of £3,000, which is above the current unrestricted balance if restricted funds are excluded, but the total net assets exceed this target. The filing indicates the charity has been operating efficiently and prudently with no material deficits reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 — Building 4 Hope (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN COXchair
• Gloria Verna Beckett
• JULIA BROMLEY COLEMAN
• Timothy Paul Coleman

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE 4 KIDZ.

• HOPE 4 KIDZ income £76k
• Hope4 income £59k
• HOPE 4 THE WORLD income £31k
• HOPE CHURCH, IPSWICH income £932k
• BRIDGE OF HOPE FOUNDATION income £45k
• THE HOPE CHARITY income £187k

Side by side with its peers

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