Registered charity (CIO) · Felixstowe
The Hope Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £64k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.hopetrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£64k£61k
- 2024£77k£55k
- 2023£50k£48k
Earlier years
- 2022£62k£58k
- 2021£68k£62k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OLDER PEOPLE (REGARDLESS OF FAITH OR ETHNICITY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE. 2) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE IN RESIDENTIAL OR CARE HOMES BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE IN LINE WITH OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH.
Grants received
2 grants · £1,966 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
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £1,966 (2 grants)
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Rev David White Chair since 2021
- Dr Anne Helen Fenning MB BS since 2018
- Dr Terry Smith since 2017
- Wendy Horrex since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Anne Helen Fenning MB BS since 2018
- Dr Terry Smith since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Rev David White Chair since 2021
- Wendy Horrex since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Anne Helen Fenning MB BS since 2018
- Dr Terry Smith since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159866
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 08 Jan 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01394272592 · admin@hopetrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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