The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Watford NEW Hope Trust

Registered charity 1080784 Registered since 2000

Operates: Hertfordshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.5y median 1.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 7Health and social care 2Professional services 2

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

43 from 47 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
42%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.newhope.org.uk
Emailinfo@newhope.org.uk
Phone01923210696
AddressWatford New Hope Trust, 67 Queens Road, WATFORD, WD17 2QN

Finances

£2,993,323 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,437,583£2,375,730
2022£1,976,349£2,162,187
2023£2,484,343£2,336,021
2024£3,590,288£2,717,470
2025£2,993,323£3,568,968

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO MAINTAIN ENHANCE AND PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ANY MEANS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR THE PEOPLES IN THE AREA OF WATFORD HERTFORDSHIRE THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION MATERIAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS DO NOT FALL UNDER ANY OF THE PRECEDING OBJECTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10TH APRIL 2000 as amended on 03 May 2019 as amended on 05 Dec 2013 as amended on 24 Mar 2016

Trustees (7)

7trustees
65median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Watford NEW Hope Trust · 03969063 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/04/2000

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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