HOUSES OF PROMISE

Registered charity 1194658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Houses of Promise (HOPE-UK) are building a children's centre in Kent, just outside the capital Freetown in Sierra Leone. This first centre will be able to support 12 children. It will provide a home, health care, food, clothing & education to give these children a hope and a future.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF ORPHANED CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CHURCHES, MISSIONS AND MINISTRY LEADERS IN SIERRA LEONE TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT EVANGELISM AND MISSIONARY WORK AND DELIVER CHARITABLE PROJECTS IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity ended the year with £7,653 in unrestricted cash funds, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of holding no less than £3,000. The charity raised £34,973 in income, primarily through grants and donations, and spent £34,169 on grants and administrative expenses, resulting in a net increase in cash of £805. The trustees report that the charity is complying with its reserves policy and have no material concerns regarding the accounts.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALIEU BADARR AMARAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kadie Lauretta Amara
• Lynsey Sinnott
• ROBERT KENNETH JOHN ANSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zachery John Bartram · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOMES OF PROMISE.

• HOMES OF PROMISE income £90k
• CHILD OF HOPE income £288k
• HOMES OF HOPE income £234k
• HOPE COMMUNITY VILLAGE income £128k
• HOPE HOUSE PROJECT income £122k
• A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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