HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
11235797 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 April 2024

End date: 31 March 2025

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 2024


£

£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets: 3 7,550 4,023
Total fixed assets: 7,550 4,023
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 14,417 9,365
Total current assets: 14,417 9,365
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 4,278 ) ( 1,417 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 10,139 7,948
Total assets less current liabilities: 17,689 11,971
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: 5 ( 2,019 ) ( 1,576 )
Total net assets (liabilities): 15,670 10,395
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 15,670 10,395
Total members' funds: 15,670 10,395

The notes form part of these financial statements

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 10 October 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Ian Vaughan Fellows
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    2025 2024
    Average number of employees during the period 0 0

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Intangible assets

Goodwill Other Total
Cost £ £ £
At 1 April 2024 4,023 4,023
Additions 3,527 3,527
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 March 2025 7,550 7,550
Amortisation
At 1 April 2024 0 0
Charge for year 0 0
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 March 2025 0 0
Net book value
At 31 March 2025 7,550 7,550
At 31 March 2024 4,023 4,023

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 4,278 1,417
Total 4,278 1,417

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

5. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 2,019 1,576
Total 2,019 1,576

This amount is the remaining balance of the Covid Bounce Back Loan that we obtained in 2020. Repayments will be completed by October 2026.

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

HOSTELS OF HOPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Company Number: 11235797 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 March 2025

Company activities and impact

The company's activities benefited the community by providing essential material support and mentoring to people, mainly aged 17 to 21, who were homeless or living in hostels for homeless people. The company operated in Birmingham and the Black Country. During the year under review, we supported approximately 45 people. The company received valuable support from The People's Postcode Lotterythat gave us an unrestricted grant of £15,000. We also continued to receive personal donations from members of the public. Volunteers also continued to make essential contributions towards the delivery of Hostels of Hope's services.

Consultation with stakeholders

We consulted with partners who own and operate homeless hostels for young adults located in Birmingham and the Black Country. By doing so we aimed to help our Service Users to recover from and survive the terrible experiences of homelessness and of living in a hostel for the homeless, respectively. We are especially to take part in consultations that help our Service Users to move on to safe and affordable permanent accommodation as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Nearly 100% of Hostels of Hope’s Service Users are self-declared as being LGBT+. The organisation is a niche market provider of housing and related services for them. Service Users are referred to Hostels of Hope after consultation with Local Authorities and Public Sector agencies, including the British Transport Police. In consultation with us the management of Birmingham’s Gay Quarter also provides referrals of destitute young people they find in the Quarter Regular consultation with our Service Users leads the directors and volunteers of Hostels of Hope CIC to provide Service Users with free counselling, guidance, training and mentoring. We also provide clothing and footwear, bedding, toiletries and sanitary wear. Free access to ICT & Internet is popular in computer rooms in partnership and consultation with the hostels we operate in. By being committed to regular consultation, we aim to build up the self-confidence of our Service Users whose lives have been shattered by homophobia and homelessness.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
8 October 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Ian Vaughan Fellows
Status: Director