Hopeworks UK (Bedford) — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 20 January 2011
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07433621
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £3,036,585
Latest expenditure: £2,775,246
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Bedford Guild House, 56 HARPUR STREET, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE, MK40 2QT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.hopeworksuk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

HopeWorks is a charity tackling homelessness, displacement, and isolation in Bedford. We provide person-centered support, accommodation, and opportunities for growth. Our 4 teams Outreach, Supported Accommodation, Pathways, and Refugee & Migrants offer housing, employment support, legal aid, and life skills training, helping individuals regain stability and thrive in their communities.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 8 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 8 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,036,585
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,775,246

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 1 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,550,083
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,235,977

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,586,534
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,630,362

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,763,382
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,635,575

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,826,828
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,749,641

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 8 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,036,585
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,775,246
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 7
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 1804361
Income From Government Grants: £42,531
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 162

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,550,083
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,235,977
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 1493431
Income From Government Grants: £35,230
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 171

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,586,534
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,630,362
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 9
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 571380
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 115

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,763,382
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,635,575
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 939155
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,826,828
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,749,641
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 7
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 669104
Income From Government Grants: £24,438
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 8 August 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 214409
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 2815412
Income Investments: 5640
Income Other: 1124
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3036585
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £124,647
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,650,599
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2775246
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 11000
Expenditure Support Costs: 177326
Expenditure Depreciation: 76439
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £889,065
Assets Total Fixed: 104535
Assets Own Use: 104535
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,004,974
Assets Total Liabilities: £129,773
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £979,736
Creditors One Year Total Current: 129773
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £677,458
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 889065
Funds Restricted: 90671
Funds Total: 979736
Count Employees: 57
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 232153
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 2314341
Income Investments: 2590
Income Other: 999
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2550083
Income Legacies: 12805
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £124,515
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,111,462
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2235977
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 64428
Expenditure Support Costs: 148964
Expenditure Depreciation: 55296
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £627,726
Assets Total Fixed: 101347
Assets Own Use: 101347
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £800,325
Assets Total Liabilities: £183,275
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £718,397
Creditors One Year Total Current: 183275
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £476,934
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 627726
Funds Restricted: 90671
Funds Total: 718397
Count Employees: 47
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 August 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 209648
Income Other Trading Activities: 5577
Income Charitable Activities: 1368768
Income Investments: 2541
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1586534
Income Legacies: 209648
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £59,225
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,571,137
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1630362
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10920
Expenditure Support Costs: 113015
Expenditure Depreciation: 47222
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £281,775
Assets Total Fixed: 108135
Assets Own Use: 108135
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £386,994
Assets Total Liabilities: £90,838
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £404,291
Creditors One Year Total Current: 90838
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £156,957
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 281775
Funds Restricted: 122516
Funds Total: 404291
Count Employees: 29
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 161719
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1593767
Income Investments: 879
Income Other: 7017
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1763382
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £63,042
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,572,533
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1635575
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 1568444
Expenditure Governance: 4089
Expenditure Support Costs: 138812
Expenditure Depreciation: 30950
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £448,119
Assets Total Fixed: 51873
Assets Own Use: 51873
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £571,726
Assets Total Liabilities: £175,480
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £448,119
Creditors One Year Total Current: 175480
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £456,759
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 276719
Funds Restricted: 171400
Funds Total: 448119
Count Employees: 33
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 127509
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1688205
Income Investments: 142
Income Other: 10972
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1826828
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £53,282
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,696,359
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1749641
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5500
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 18621
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £170,308
Assets Total Fixed: 44539
Assets Own Use: 44539
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £466,151
Assets Total Liabilities: £190,378
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £320,312
Creditors One Year Total Current: 190378
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £302,791
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 170308
Funds Restricted: 150004
Funds Total: 320312
Count Employees: 42
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bedford
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Hopeworks UK (Bedford)
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2011-01-20T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 NOVEMBER 2010 as amended on 31 Oct 2025
Charitable Objects: 4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: (A) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG THE HOMELESS OR THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT LIVING MEANINGFUL OCCUPATION ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN BEDFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN BEDFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT
Area Of Benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 436485
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: KING'S ARMS PROJECT (BEDFORD)

Charity Name Id: 436494
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: KING'S ARMS PROJECT; ONWARD FLOATING SUPPORT; ONWARD PLUS; ONWARD

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling