Hope for Children and Their Families Limited

Analysis

Hope for Children and Their Families Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromyard. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03791772). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope for Children and Their Families Limited reported income of £650k and spending of £674k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £489k to £650k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope for Children and Their Families Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Country Food Trust (£649k), Hull Women's Network Ltd (£650k) and Marr-Munning Trust (£649k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, trading 14% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £233k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.