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HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

Registered charity 1173547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is to see communities and their elected representatives across the UK come together to take decisive action on climate change.

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Latest income
£422k
Latest spending
£611k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income declined by 33% to £542,025, primarily due to the end of a major grant from the Quadrature Climate Foundation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were held at £390,062, which the charity considers sufficient to cover at least three months of expenditure plus wind-down costs, maintaining financial stability despite the income reduction.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £390k)
“we hold unrestricted reserves amounting to at least three months worth of expenditure plus wind down costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£542k
Total spending
£557k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£292k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£422k£611k
31/12/2024£542k£557k
31/12/2023£813k£833k
31/12/2022£876k£987k
31/12/2021£961k£709k

Common questions

Is HOPE FOR THE FUTURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income declined by 33% to £542,025, primarily due to the end of a major grant from the Quadrature Climate Foundation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were held at £390,062, which the charity considers sufficient to cover at least three months of expenditure plus wind-down costs, maintaining financial stability despite the income reduction. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE FOR THE FUTURE as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST, THE ORP FOUNDATION, POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£110kCore costs
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kTowards the costs of their Authority to Act councils project that will equip individuals to engage with their elected representatives on climate change.
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE ORP FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE NEUMARK FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£5k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2025£5kEnvironmental Action and Sustainability
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£3k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2025£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2024£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELDFY2023£500Home Donation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELDFY2023£500International Donation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2025£18kCommunities for Climate: Shaping inclusive climate action
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch18/03/2021£6kHope for the Future

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ICC MISSIONS1£106k
London Homelessness Foundation1£50k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO1£45k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, TOTON1£13k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£10k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY1£7k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE£422k—0above—no doubt
HOPE FOR MANKIND FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE NOTTINGHAM CIO FY2025£715k—0unclear—no doubt
CONNECTIONS OF HOPE FOUNDATION FY2024£156k—0below—no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024£254k—0unclear—no doubt
H.O.P.E FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.