Hope and Homes for Children
The latest figures on the register are for the year ending 31 December 2024, 22 months ago. Charities must report within 10 months of their year end, so its report for the following year looks overdue.
What it does
Our mission is to be the catalyst for the global eradication of institutional care of children.
Its charitable purposes
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF NEED AND SUFFERING OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE (WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION) BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF SUSTAINABLE FAMILY-BASED AND FAMILY-LIKE CARE ALTERNATIVES
Causes
- What it works on
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Bulgaria
- Moldova
- Romania
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- India
- Nepal
- Uganda
Area of benefit in its governing document: Worldwide
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £8,008,000 and spent £8,907,000.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £8,008,000 | £8,907,000 | 200 | 2 |
| 31 December 2024 | £11,035,000 | £11,325,000 | 232 | 2 |
| 31 December 2023 | £11,453,000 | £13,408,000 | 198 | 3 |
| 31 December 2022 | £16,067,779 | £13,481,694 | 197 | 4 |
| 31 December 2021 | £8,702,416 | £10,043,584 | 176 | 3 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 8%, from £8,702,416 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £8,008,000 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 111% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: £297,000 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £297,000 from 2 grants | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £37,000 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £487,301 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 December 2025
- Donations and legacies£6,830,000
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£13,000
- Trading and fundraising£1,127,000
- Investments£37,000
- Other£1,000
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 8 grants to this charity since 2008, worth at least £755,000.
By funder
- Postcode Justice Trust£600,000, 2 grants
- Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000, 1 grant
- SHAREGIFT£25,000, 2 grants
- The James Tudor Foundation£20,000, 1 grant
- Steve Morgan Foundation£5,000, 1 grant
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation£5,000, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2025 | SHAREGIFT | £5,000 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Postcode Justice Trust | £300,000 |
| 6 Dec 2023 | The James Tudor Foundation | £20,000 |
| 1 Dec 2023 | Postcode Justice Trust | £300,000 |
| 15 Jun 2021 | SHAREGIFT | £20,000 |
| 12 May 2020 | Steve Morgan Foundation | £5,000 |
| 16 Nov 2017 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £100,000 |
| 11 Nov 2008 | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | £5,000 |
| 17 Oct 2006 | ARCADIA | 65037 |
Trustees
11 trustees run the charity.
- Martina Ninetta LarkinChair
- Dr Chikondi Mpokosa
- Dr Maria Herczog
- Girish Menon
- Ian Peter Haslegrave
- John Good
- Katie Stevens
- Kristina May Hedderly Perez
- Paul Stephen Farthing
- Simi Dubb
- Zofia Sochanik
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 6 August 2026, 86 days early | Received 6 August 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 10 June 2025, 143 days early | Received 10 June 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 16 July 2024, 107 days early | Received 16 July 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 10 July 2023, 113 days early | Received 10 July 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 8 June 2022, 145 days early | Received 8 June 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1089490
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 26 November 2001
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 APR 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 OCT 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 MAY 2017 as amended on 29 Jul 2021
- Company number
- 04193179This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.hopeandhomes.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Not matched to a council area
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.