HOPING FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1121024
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Hoping Foundation supports Palestinian refugee children and their families by providing grants to community projects that are concerned with improving children's lives through education, art, music, social and sporting activities and better health. We provide for a wide range of activities, from scholarships, to creative workshops and basic infrastructure of local activity centres.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £218,918
Total expenditure: £211,569

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Syria

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 October 2007: Standard registration
  • 19 January 2026: Removed (Does not operate)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £103.78k £154.56k £174.81k £149.81k £218.92k
Total expenditure £156.17k £143.27k £170.47k £170.47k £211.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 14 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 14 July 2025 On time
Annual return 31 December 2023 09 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 09 October 2024 On time
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 September 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 September 2023 On time
Annual return 31 December 2021 05 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 05 October 2022 On time
Annual return 31 December 2020 27 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 27 September 2021 On time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 OCTOBER 2006.

Charitable objects

A) FOR SUCH PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AS ARE NOW AND AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE IN LAW PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OF MONETARY GRANTS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE: I) FOR THE BENEFIT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OR, THROUGH THEIR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, LACK ACCESS TO FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION; OR II) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH CAPACITY-BUILDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS. B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS OR THE DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND OTHERS OF CONCERN TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNWRA), IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS