FUTUREHOPE - HERTFORD AND WARE

Registered charity 1186296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUTUREHOPE

FUTUREHOPE AIM IS TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MENTORING SERVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 18 INCLUSIVE IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN ORDER TO REDUCE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND CRIMINAL OFFENDING, SO AS TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE MENTORING SERVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 18 INCLUSIVE IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN ORDER TO REDUCE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND CRIMINAL OFFENDING, SO AS TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income and expenditure were as planned, with money in balanced with money out for the year. The charity covers all costs for its work, relying primarily on regular giving from local people and churches, supplemented by grants from foundations. There is no mention of financial reserves, deficits, or going concern risks in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Regular giving
“The main source of revenue continues to be from regular giving provided by local people and local churches and the charity continues to be grateful for their support in its work.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 13

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £400 — grants £400 (1); under 1% of the £93,015 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Government income: £10,700 — grants £10,700 (2); 12% of the £87,205 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FUTUREhope - Hertford and Ware (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£73k£96k
31/12/2024£93k£68k
31/12/2023£87k£71k
31/12/2022£70k£53k
31/12/2021£76k£60k

Common questions

Is FUTUREHOPE - HERTFORD AND WARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that income and expenditure were as planned, with money in balanced with money out for the year. The charity covers all costs for its work, relying primarily on regular giving from local people and churches, supplemented by grants from foundations. There is no mention of financial reserves, deficits, or going concern risks in the provided text.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2026£20kEmpowering Young People with Hope for the Future
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kFHHW Youth Centre Toilets and Kitchen
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2023£10kRepairs and improvements to Pioneer Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund12/01/2021£10kFUTUREhope Mobile Youth Centre

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 HOPE'S CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLES SUPPORT SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUTUREHOPE - HERTFORD AND WARE£73k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE'S CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLES SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£301k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
FUTURE LIVING HERTFORD FY2025£281k—0below—no doubt
STEP FORWARD (TOWER HAMLETS) FY2025£326k——unclear—no doubt
NEW HOPE WORCESTERSHIRE FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt

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