HOPESPRING

Registered charity 1183771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hopespring is a charity working throughout Tyne and Wear that seeks to serve the various Educational, Physical and Mental Health needs of the young people in our region. With a highly committed team of trained staff and full time volunteers, we provide support and care for some of the most vulnerable people in society through our people-based interventions.

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £336,875 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £674,681. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £675k)
“To hold an unrestricted funds balance that has a value of no less than 3 months and no more than 6 months running costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hopespring (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£593k
Employees
54

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.4m£2.1m
31/08/2024£1.9m£1.8m
31/08/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2022£1.2m£1.0m
31/08/2021£791k£738k

Common questions

Is HOPESPRING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £336,875 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £674,681. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited.

Who funds HOPESPRING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPESPRING as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£70kMajor Grant

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPRING OF HOPE UK LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPESPRING£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
SPRING OF HOPE UK LIMITED FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt
H.O.P.E FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
HAWKSPRING FY2025£272k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE NORTH LONDON LIMITED FY2024£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HOPE CHARITY FY2025£187k—0below—noted

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