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HOPESTEAD

Registered charity 1190324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Hopestead reported a net income of £95,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £486,737 and restricted reserves of £118,465. The trustees consider the unrestricted funds sufficient to finance ongoing charitable expenditure for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of overhead operational expenditure (held: £487k)
“Hopestead seeks to maintain ‘free’ reserves sufficient to cover three months of overhead operational expenditure at any given time.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Hopestead purchased £136 of services from Gasway Services Limited, a fellow subsidiary of Flagship Housing Limited.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 Hopestead purchased £136 of services from Gasway Services Limited a fellow subsidiary of Flagship Housing Limited (2024: £nil)” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reserves (reported)
£487k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2022£657k£530k
31/03/2021£390k£123k

Common questions

Is HOPESTEAD financially healthy?

The accounts state that Hopestead reported a net income of £95,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £486,737 and restricted reserves of £118,465. The trustees consider the unrestricted funds sufficient to finance ongoing charitable expenditure for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

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DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£10k
THE TRUEMARK TRUST1£7k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST1£1k

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