LENDING HOPE LIMITED

Registered charity 1179132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Facilitate the promotion of education for children and of young persons with special needs under the age of 25, including assistance with transportation to and from their educational establishments.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:3.1 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:3.1.1 AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;3.1.2 PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS, TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT;3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION;3.4 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £15,556 for the year ended 31 January 2025, despite a significant decrease in donation income to £109,929 from £396,535 in the prior year. Total funds increased to £115,631, with unrestricted reserves standing at £110,424. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2023 (received 18/07/2024, 231 days after the 30/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11177569 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BARMINKA, Haim — director, appointed 30/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAIM BARMINKAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Breindel Schwartz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mordchai Friedman

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• SEND A LITTLE HOPE income £48k
• THE HOPE CHARITY income £187k
• THE LIVING HOPE income £61k
• HOPE FOR THE YOUNG LIMITED income £537k
• HOPE FAMILY TRUST income £271k
• THE COMMUNITY HOPE PROJECT income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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