Registered charity · Birmingham
Hope Projects (West Midlands) LTD
Hope Projects (West Midlands) LTD is a registered charity (number 1138402) based in Birmingham, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Rev Dr Neil Wharrier Johnson. Latest income £533k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Hope Projects (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £533k (2025)
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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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell and more
- Website
- www.hope-projects.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Hope Projects (West Midlands) Limited
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£533k£500k
- 2024£483k£469k
- 2023£414k£395k
Earlier years
- 2022£367k£367k
- 2021£375k£299k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND IMMIGRANTS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS WHO ARE NOT SETTLED OR ARE RECENTLY SETTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF SUCH IMMIGRANTS BY THE DIRECT PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN CASH OR IN KIND TO MEET THEIR ACCOMMODATION OR SUBSISTENCE NEEDS OR REASONABLE EXPENSES(B) THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF SUCH IMMIGRANTS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT(C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO SUCH IMMIGRANTS WHO, THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE(D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM(E) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:? MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;? OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;? RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;? RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;? COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;? RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;? PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;? PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;? ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.
Grants received
30 grants · £1,137,628 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £325,995 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £287,777 (6 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £196,765 (6 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £172,495 (11 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £90,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Rev Dr Neil Wharrier Johnson Chair
- Dominic Bradley since 2021
- Farhad Mohammad since 2025
- Laura Whitehouse since 2023
- Louise Calvey since 2021
- Ranjit Sondhi CBE since 2011
- Rawaz Mahdi Qader since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Ranjit Sondhi CBE since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Rev Dr Neil Wharrier Johnson Chair
- Dominic Bradley since 2021
- Farhad Mohammad since 2025
- Laura Whitehouse since 2023
- Louise Calvey since 2021
- Rawaz Mahdi Qader since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ranjit Sondhi CBE since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138402
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10 AUGUST 2010 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07341898 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07779980899 · admin@hope-projects.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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