FOCUS4HOPE

Registered charity 1192543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Focus4Hope is a charity that provides support for the elderly, homeless, isolated, and otherwise vulnerable in West Yorkshire. Focus4Hope works to bring resources to those who need them most by hosting various outreach events, running a food bank for the food insecure, aiding refugee communities both at home and abroad, and working with the wider charitable community to improve practices.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£354k

Latest spending

£311k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £42,993 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £183,120. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £82,654 are held against a policy target of three months of operating costs, indicating reserves are above the stated policy threshold. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £83k)

“It is our policy to aim to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to 3 months of opera ng costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Focus4Hope (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Linda Glewchair
Joanne Core
Margaret Cameron
Michael Webb
Sarah Helliwell · trustee of 1 other charity
Zoe Hands

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£354k	£311k
31/03/2024	£306k	£229k
31/03/2023	£205k	£203k
31/03/2022	£142k	£127k

Common questions

Is FOCUS4HOPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £42,993 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £183,120. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £82,654 are held against a policy target of three months of operating costs, indicating reserves are above the stated policy threshold. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOCUS4HOPE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOCUS4HOPE as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	FY2024	£6k	General Flow Through Grants
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/07/2023	£10k	Focus4Seniors