HOPE ESOL CIO

Registered charity 1188370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE ENGLISH SCHOOL

Hope English School is a Sheffield based charity specialising in the provision of ESOL classes to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable adults. We work with a variety of organisations across South Yorkshire to provide community based classes to those most in need.

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Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £25,155 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £37,925. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves fall within the stated policy target range of £14,000 to £44,000, representing three to six months of core operational costs. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hope ESOL CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£106k£81k
31/08/2024£64k£72k
31/08/2023£87k£68k
31/08/2022£42k£38k
31/08/2021£31k£7k

Common questions

Is HOPE ESOL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £25,155 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £37,925. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves fall within the stated policy target range of £14,000 to £44,000, representing three to six months of core operational costs. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOPE ESOL CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOPE ESOL CIO as a grant recipient include THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY, THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXHIBITION FOUNDATION, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2025£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2023£7kBasic ESOL/Digital Skills Course for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Sheffield
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£8kIT/English skills provision for refugee and asylum seeker community resilience

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 FOR COMMUNITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE ESOL CIO£106k—0within—no doubt
HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES FY2025£105k——above—no doubt
H.O.P.E FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE – South Yorkshire Fire-, Road- and Water-related Trauma Support for Families FY2025£172k—0unclear—no doubt
Hopeworks UK (Bedford) FY2025£3.0m—1below—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON HOPE CENTRE FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt

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