CARRIERS OF HOPE, COVENTRY

Registered charity 1180105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARRIERS OF HOPE COVENTRY

We work with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the Coventry area that experience extreme poverty and lack the most basic personal and household facilities. We provide food, clothing, furniture and other key items donated by the public. We hold weekly outreach events attended by 150 families to build relationships and identify pathways that will support them and rehabilitate their lives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £132,812 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £270,051. The trustees note that the financial structure is vulnerable due to dependence on uncertain income streams, but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Reserves were designated to protect the ability to meet critical payroll and premises costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carriers of Hope (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Peter O'Brienchair
• Andrew Sayers
• Bakr Banbouk
• Dillion Duma
• Elizabeth Ann Thomson
• Guteh Blandine Babey
• Hava Foric
• Jim Minogue
• Patricia Towner
• Valerie Lewis
• Yaqoub Imran

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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