Registered charity (CIO) · Sheffield
Hope for the Future
- 8 trustees
- Income £422k (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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.hftf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£422k£611k
- 2024£542k£557k
- 2023£813k£833k
Earlier years
- 2022£876k£987k
- 2021£961k£709k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.
Grants received
12 grants · £396,733 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
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £260,000 (2 grants)
- The Funding Network · £30,571
- John Ellerman Foundation · £24,752
- Gower Street · £22,265 (4 grants)
- Samworth Foundation · £19,750
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Adam Berman since 2024
- Cassa Townsend since 2024
- Dr Richard Axelby since 2024
- Jacob Ohvrik-Stott since 2023
- James Pilley since 2024
- Jonathan Exon since 2024
- Sam Karslake since 2024
- Xihui Chen since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Adam Berman since 2024
- Cassa Townsend since 2024
- Dr Richard Axelby since 2024
- Jacob Ohvrik-Stott since 2023
- James Pilley since 2024
- Sam Karslake since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Jonathan Exon since 2024
- Xihui Chen since 2024
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
6.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 8.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173547
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Jun 2017 as amended on 24 Aug 2018 as amended on 01 Sep 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01143035818 · info@hftf.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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