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.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, THROUGH:• THE PROVISION OF A FOOD BANK AND FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAMME• PROVIDING ITEMS, SUCH AS CLOTHES AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS• PROVIDING ADVICE, GUIDANCE, EDUCATION AND SIGNPOSTING ON HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTHCARE

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Focus4Hope (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).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Focus4Hope have recently been awarded a grant of £266,671 from the National Lottery Community Fund , which will help the charity immensely …” (source page)

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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Hopeworks UK (Bedford).

• Hopeworks UK (Bedford) income £3.0m
• HOPE FOR FOOD income £124k
• NORTHAMPTON HOPE CENTRE income £1.3m
• HOPE – South Yorkshire Fire-, Road- and Water-related Trauma Support for Families income £172k
• Hope into Action UK income £2.1m
• HOPE FOR MANKIND income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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