CCEW Charity Commission profile

HOPE AGAINST SUICIDE

Registered charity 1206116 · organisation 5224597

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
8 December 2023
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£36,200
Latest expenditure
£28,391
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: 3 Torrance Close, BRISTOL, BS30 5LH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Hope Against Suicide operates through a team of trained mental health responder's, offering a mobile, face to face listening service- in the busy shopping centre of Bristol by day, and areas for nightlife on an evening. This is to any member of the public grappling with poor mental health who need talk, to be signposted, and offered further advocacy support if required.

03 Official extract

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
31 October 2026
Date Accounts Received
31 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£36,200
Total Gross Expenditure
£28,391
Fin Period Start Date
8 December 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
26 September 2025
Date Accounts Received
26 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£31,154
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,615

04 Official extract

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
31 October 2026
Total Gross Income
£36,200
Total Gross Expenditure
£28,391
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
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
35
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
8 December 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
26 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£31,154
Total Gross Expenditure
£9,615
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
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
Count Volunteers
22

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Bristol City
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
103
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
104
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Disability
Classification Code
203
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People With Disabilities
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
HOPE AGAINST SUICIDE
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2023-12-08T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Dec 2023
Charitable Objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN BRISTOL, IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROVIDING A NETWORK OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ABLE TO OFFER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN DISTRESS WHERE REQUIRED, IN THE FORM OF TALKING THERAPY AND LISTENING SERVICES, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMAL EARLY INTERVENTION TO MINIMISE ESCALATION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AS WELL AS CRISIS INTERVENTION WHERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS ALREADY AT CRISIS POINT AND CANNOT KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE.(B) PROVIDING A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH WELLBEING.(C) TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER SPECIALIST ORGANISATIONS WHO ASSIST IN THE REDUCTION OF DEATH BY SUICIDE.

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Charity Policy

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Social media policy and procedures
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