CARRIERS OF HOPE, COVENTRY

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We work with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the Coventry area that experience extreme poverty and lack the most basic personal and household facilities. We provide food, clothing, furniture and other key items donated by the public. We hold weekly outreach events attended by 150 families to build relationships and identify pathways that will support them and rehabilitate their lives.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income includes £22,083 from 2 government contract(s) and £25,000 from 1 government grant(s)
People

10 Trustee(s)
128 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Coventry City
Governance
- 27 September 2018: CIO registration
- 29 January 2019: Funds received from 1140583 CARRIERS OF HOPE COVENTRY
- CARRIERS OF HOPE COVENTRY (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
10 Trustee(s)
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Dillion Duma | Trustee | 11 September 2024 |
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Dr Peter O'Brien | Trustee | 11 September 2024 |
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Andrew Sayers | Trustee | 11 September 2024 |
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Valerie Lewis | Trustee | 11 September 2024 |
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Gloria Adusu | Trustee | 04 March 2024 |
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Guteh Blandine Babey | Trustee | 21 February 2024 |
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Hava Foric | Trustee | 21 February 2024 |
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Patricia Towner | Trustee | 21 February 2024 |
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Elizabeth Ann Thomson | Trustee | 06 September 2023 |
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Lucinda Croft | Trustee | 19 September 2022 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £441.74k | £541.47k | £497.50k | £528.25k | £345.43k | |
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Total expenditure | £320.35k | £485.60k | £523.86k | £533.48k | £528.25k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £22.08k | |
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Income from government grants | £3.16k | £11.69k | £5.10k | N/A | £25.00k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | £536.89k | N/A | £506.47k | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | £4.35k | N/A | £324 | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | £0 | N/A | £17.02k | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | £236 | N/A | £4.44k | N/A | |
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Income - Other | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | £484.73k | N/A | £531.13k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | £867 | N/A | £2.35k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | £51.84k | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | £0 | N/A | £0 | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 03 June 2025 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 03 June 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 27 September 2024 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 27 September 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 10 September 2023 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 10 September 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 29 September 2022 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 29 September 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 30 June 2021 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 30 June 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Sep 2018
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND NEW MIGRANTS LIVING IN COVENTRY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Contact information
- Address:
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UNIT 4B
Lythalls Lane Industrial Estate
Lythalls Lane
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 6FL
- Phone:
- 02476667008
- Email:
- admin@carriersofhope.org.uk
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