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The Friends of Hope

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £37k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
Where
Hampshire, India, Lancashire, Cardiff and more
Website
www.friendsofhope.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Friends of H.O.P.E.
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37k£41k
  • 2024£105k£97k
  • 2023£44k£34k
Earlier years
  • 2022£53k£63k
  • 2021£30k£26k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE NILGIRI REGION OF INDIA: AND2) THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NILGIRI REGION OF INDIA.

Board analysis

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.

10y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

25.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4General 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.

Education 5Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£105k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1083028
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 OCTOBER 1998.
Companies House
Company number 03647389 · Active
Contact on the register
07879897731 · dpople123@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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