Hope365
Trnstee8' Report
The trustees. wkn are direLtots for the pjtwses of company law. present the annual re￿rt together with the
financial statetnents and auditors, report of the ¢harilable company foT the year ended 3 1 Ortober 2024. The
Trnstees confirni that they comply with the requirements of the Chatities Act (Northern Ireland) 21X)8, The
Charities (Annual Return) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, The ChAriiies (Annual Rebjrn) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2015 and Accouttting and Rep)rting by Clwities: Ststement of Recommended Practic¢
which applies to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financia] Re￿rtIrtg Standard
appli￿ble in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2015).
THANK YOU
As I look back over the previous 12 n￿nthS l am so to God to sce I￿3 b¢¢n accomplished. We
opened a big new Charity Slw in Larne and visited many of the local primary schools to inforn] them of how
they Can donate to the new local shop. We also iTh8tsI1￿ new ¢loth¢s dollatioTry bins at Invff ParL hom¢ of
L¥rne FC.
witho￿ the whOlehean￿ supkK)rt of so many F¢opl¢ we %￿Uld not have be￿ able to see such progress.
Whether thmugh voluThteerin8 in one of our shop4 taking on fundraising activitie4 joinin8 our "Shareholder.
scheme. our "On¢ to One" child sporkwrship scheme or our new ￿OuriSh to Flourish" scheme, the rnessage is
th¢ some: Thank Youl
hfichaelHolmes. Chief£Tec￿l¥e
STRucfuRE GOVERNANCE & kW4AGEMENr
Hope365 is a re8iStereA charity in Northern Ireland (MC104718) and 8 fidly lieen5ed tntCTnation41 NGO
(Non&vernmert Organisation) in Federal Demo¢rnti¢ Republic of Ethiopia (3730).
Hop¢365 is a CA)tnpany limited by guarantee.
Trustres who served during th¢ y¢ar as follo
Alistair Bennett (ap￿inted 17.01.24)
Richard Crowe (resigned 17.01.24}
Stephen Hamill
Stephen Hunter
Chris Jamison
Chief Executive: Michael Hohnes
Finance Offittr: Diane Davidson
The trust¢es res￿nSib￿ for th¢ ovrDJI governance of the charity. The number of trustees shall not ￿ less
than three. nor mor¢ than seven.
TRu￿E SELEcfioN, APPOINTMENf & COMPETENCE
When a TnLStee va¢ancy the CU￿eTht Tntstees will apwini a replacement or additional Trustee.
EXTERNAL INDEPENDENf AUD￿0￿$
At the Trnslee￿ M￿lIng on 18 March 2025, TB Millar wert rwFKJinted as ethnal independ￿1 •￿IllorS for
the period l November 2024 to 31 October 2025.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW AI¥D RESULIS FOR THE YEAR
The results for the year and the charitys financial Position at the end of the ye8r are shown in the attached
financial 3tatements.
RISK MANAGEklENr
Risk is an everyday part of the Charitys activity. The Tntstees have considered and identified the major
risks to whlch tlLe charity is expos￿ and having taket) appropria* professional ￿viCe have i*¢n assured that
adequate systems and procedures are in place in orderlo mitig*¢ or M￿￿Se those risks.
RESERVES POLICY
The Charity does not bave a reserves WJIACY.
PENSIONS
The charity operates a &fined contnbution pension scheme (which nRets the requirements of The Pension
Regulator as a qualifying workplace pension scheme) for the benefit of its penDanent stsff and those are
eligibl¢ 4￿￿er Auto EnrohnenL The assets are thI￿te￿￿ by in5L7rance o)mpanie5 in personal [a￿lon p14ns
and are held independently from those of the charity. ContributiOL8 are charged to the Ststement of Financi81
Ac¢ivities in th¢ period to sthich they r¢]ate.
STATEMENT OF COMPLtANCE
In settimg OUT activities and planning our activitie5 for the year th¢ trustee5 have given carefvl ￿nSideratiOn to
the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's 8uid8nc¢ on public benefit to ensur¢ that the activities have
helped to achieve the clwity's p￿r￿se$ and provide a b¢n¢fit to the beneficiaries.
PURPOSES
Hop¢365'5 pU￿OSe is to rescue and care for Street kids in Ethtopi& Our aim is to provide for th¢ physical.
emotional, spiritual and ¢du¢#tional needs of the children. Ow fftntention is to help each child realise they are
loved by God and achieve th¢ir ￿te￿la1, being WEII quipp¢d for adult life and making a positiv¢ LX)ntribution
There is no harm asx)¢i*ted with the purpoM.
BENEFICIARIES
Th¢ tharitys betLeficiaries aTe:
The p)oresi children and young p￿p]e of Shash￿￿ in Ethiopi8 are horneless and sleeping OTh the streets
of the city.
PRIVATE BENEFrr
The only private benefii arising in the pffiod was the r¢muDerknn of Il¥)se employed to manage and optrate
the charity iM)th in North¢m Ir¢land Ind iti Ethiopi& This benefit is in¢id¢ntal to and dou not outweigh th¢
public benefft.
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PUBLIC BENEFrf AND REVIEW OF THE YEAR
During the ￿rI0￿ the chaTity has Continu￿ to provide benefits fmm its *tivities Ls follows:
(i)- At Hom¢
To ￿hl¢ve our obj¢rtiv¢s io Ethiopia we must 8eneA*e fllwicial support at home. Our range of finan¢¢
ge￿rating s¢h¢mes ¢urr¢ntly i￿ludes.
. Three large Charity Shops ID: Ballyclar4 The Junction ( Antrim) and L4rK. The L¥ne SIM)p has b¢¢n op¢n¢d
durinB this ye8T.
. Onlin¢ pre￿￿ed Furnith Base (Ballyclare).
• Monthly Direct Debit 'Slweholder" scheme, (Project Sponsorship).
One to One" Child StA)nsorship Scheme for reunified Street Kids.
. Nourish to Flourish Food skN)nsorship schem
. Speaking en8a8ements in Sch￿15 and church
. Fundraising activities.
. Trust Fund application5.
. Developing busine55 rel*ionsbips with local companies ond partnering th¢m with ow woject&
. Throughout the year all charity shops h%ve pwfomied very well.
. Th¢ nutnber of participants in our"Sharebolders" regular givin8 s¢hem¢ al￿ r¢mains ¢n¢ourdging.
• Our "On￿lo￿ne, child sp)nsorship scheme foT reunited Street Kids has increased significantty during the
• The new Nourish to Flourish scheme has had an enc4)uragin£ sta
. We contitiue to develop new relationship5 with Prinwy & s￿¥)ndary Schty)ls continue to use our
specially developed resources (KS2).
. Income from fundr￿sIng acliviti¢s h#s inwroved.
. Finally, our 'Trailer for Change" which is a tK)rtable Clothes and bTiwkna¢ donations trailer visited many
churche4 businesses, and sthools throughout the year. These additional donatiorLS cnntributed si8nific8nt]y to
the profitability of sI￿p sale&
HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR PURPOSE
(ii)- ID Ethiopia
Using th¢ finds g¢neTat¢d at horne ry>loy Ethiopian stsff (currently 12 people in our oriwal troject of
Transition Centre and Group Homes, along with 23 stsff in our "Hope365 Acaderny" School) to outwork the
obj¢rtiv¢s of our approv¢d projttts in Ethiopi4 Our status as an IDtern&ional NGO ststus gives us the scope to
consider additional strat¢gic projects a5 un(x)ver the core nee4ts. In addition. it allows us lo ensure that all key
staff who Viill bc working ¢los¢ly with the cbildren in our care slM)uld be followers of Jesus. Children are
pted into our care rewdless of their faith or ethnicity. however. our projects operdte in aclkne with the
example and teac￿8 of je￿￿.
We have developed good relationship3 with local thur¢he3 in the r¢gioD5 where to th¢
chances of children continuing to grow in th¢ir faith.
Th¢ Hope365 Awl¢tny continueAI to operate from excellent rente4J facilities. This s¢lv)ol projea offers all
important education as weu as school dinneTS to vulnerable b)ys and girls in Sh&shemene including many
fornicr Steet Kids. This includu th¢ provision of breakf￿$ for the Child￿ to address the problem of children
fainting with hunger in the mornings. This Current school year (comme￿Ing Sep 21n4) seen 483 vulnerthle
chilthen registered in the Hop¢365, an incr￿¢ of almost 100 childr¢
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OUR PROJECT.. Transition Centre
'Tesfa Manoriya Bots" (Hope Home) is a w facility which has the capacity to sleep up to 20 knys at any one
time. All children ore refrrred to us by ShasheDxne Wornen'5 & ￿ildren'S Affairs in conjutiction with the local
Police Force.
Tesfa Manoriya Bota is central to our project as it acts as the staTtin8 in a jory of hope for street boys.
Th¢r¢ 4r¢ two strands to our Project Proposal.
(i) Long kn ¢or¢ for Street Kids who have no on¢ able to ¢ar¢ for th¢llL
(li) ReUnifi￿tIOn of Street Kids wtth extend￿ family members.
The staff team have come together well throughout the year and have ¢reated a very loving environment for all
the ¢hildreN whdh¢r long trnn or shorter ten￿ A variety of t¢¢hniques including play therapy. dram4 art
thergpy et¢. are used by our staff to help unlock the b￿k￿undS kn the trgumatic stories of each of these
individual children. All chijdm hav¢ full rnedic￿ check-ups and enjoy a wrll4aian¢¢d di¢L showering
facilities and new clean clothes.
StraDd I: Long term
When children are refeTTed to us by the local govemment ￿se55 each Individ￿ case to detern￿¢ the best
)ssibl¢ long4erni plan for the child. Our stsff team iocludes a psychologisi social worker, ￿￿￿SellIng stsff,
nanny's etc. a8 well as experi¢nced project manw e
GROUP HOMES
Where there are no family liJ]ks. or where reunification with extended family is Dot Fx)ssibl¢, K will forni
'froup Hornes" These replicate as ¢los¢ly as ￿ssIble a traditional family environment with OUT specially
traiThed liYe•in nanny's and up to ten childm The children all attend school and thurch and e55¢Miaily 8TOW
together as a family as part of the l(Kal community. thereby eliminatinE any Sti￿ of *nstifvtional car¢". This
year we opened 4 third Group Home and so now care foT a total of 30 Orphan￿ thildr¢n. Each Gmup Home
provides care for 10 OTphaned Street Kids.
The homes have been operatin8 very successfulty with all the boy5 having a very stable environment. We rented
suitable homes and trained and employed house parents kn live with. and car¢ for the EKJYS. In lin¢ with
Ethiopian Govemment ￿lIcIeS the 'Yamily" is well Inte￿ed iDto the local community. The boys are really
enjoying this saf¢ stsbl¢ envAronm¢nt and are thrivtng at school. They ￿ntinue to have psycho-social input
from our stsff but are remarkably well adapted after having spent so lon8 on the stre&S.
Outside in the garden the boys h*ve been learning ab)ut growing various vegetables and how to Totate the
planting to maximize yield.
. After detailed investigations throughoth p￿vIOuS yws have e#ablish¢d that 30 of th¢ thildren in our Care
have no otte to care for them and 50 Teunifi¢ation ￿11 b¢ inwssible.
• All have been enrolled in Sc1x￿lS in Sh8shemene where they will receive an ex¢¢llent education. including at
the Hopc365 AGad¢my. The ￿y5 live in one of OUT Yrnup HollKs- where th¢y have settled extrwnely well and
still receive e-psychologtcal SUp￿rt from OUT Staff team. All have been verified as being orfv by the relevant
vernment d¢partment (Wom¢n & ￿ildren'S Affairs).
. Given the boys. ¢ircumstan¢es the ¢hoic¢ of was crucial and so we ensure the L2rets meet weekly
ith the teachers to ensure their g(M)d progress continues.
. All the boys gre all actively involved in doing chores amund the hO￿e suth as bnthg floors, washing
clothe& doing dishes ¢ts. to help provide as normal an upbringing as tx)ssibl¢. Even a simple request like asking
permission to bring scknol friends home to play are a very heahhy SI￿ that the i*)ys reAIty do feel secure and
that their live5 are beffing Dom￿lIsed.
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Str￿￿ 2: Rfrwnifration of kids to ethnded hmily
Where appropriate and where & biologirnl family exis￿ believe it wDuld be in the child's begt interest to
reunite them with blood rel￿1ve$. However. one n]aior challenge relate5 ty the family's ability to provid¢
ad¢quately for the child. Many kids are on the streets E¢¢ause families are simply too poor to care for them. One
way of helping successfully reunite a Child iti￿ a family long4erni is to come alongside the family and help
them. Our Y)ne tr) On¢" Child sponsorship prow for reunited ¢hildrm as the name suggests. encourages
sp)nsors to support one specific child and hi5 family with & monthly Direct Debkt of £20. This money is used to
improve the q￿lIty of life not only for the child but also for the family. Typically. we ￿se the fimds to provide
food and clothin& We Jlso provide educatIor￿ resources and mcdical supFK)rt ¢tc.
With no Social Servic¢s in Ethiopi4 it is our resp)nsibility to Underth home as5es5ment visits before reuniting
a child. We are also resp)nsible foT regular follow up visits to ensure the reunification is cA)ntinuitig to be
successfvl. Given the geowhical spread of the reunited chilty this is a significant challenge.
. We ar¢ d¢lighted to have reunited well over 250 thildr¢n with mernlxn of their biological family. Once
reunited we cover the associated educational costs of ensuring the child g(￿ to school.
. Som¢ of these ¢hildren corne from nral areas outside Shashem¢ne while others live within the town limits.
. Approxima*ly 30 families of reunitrd children have so far benefitted from th¢ In¢om¢ Generation mi￿)
Finan¢e Loatt ￿heme 8nd perfOrn)aQc￿ have bcen eDLxIurJ￿8 ￿ have the repynTht of loans in a timely
malmer.
HOPE ACADEMY
We are delighted with the of th¢ Hope365 Academy. This school comprises 11 classroom5 for ￿ade
students pl￿8 a school office. All grade pupils hav¢ a distsndiv¢ unifonn Nthich they proudly wear.
. 483 pupils (both boys and girls) aged between 6 and 14yrs ar¢ now rtteiving a good education as well a
nutritious hot meal each day. Provision of breakfast has now also Ixen introduced to help the children learn
effectively. Reunited Street Kids who live clos¢ enough are admitted into the Hope AL7demy in line with the
strict admission crilcria d¢velop¢d in conjun¢tion with the local governrnent authorities.
. The staff team comprises 23 ieacheTS and support stsff.
Trustees #ad officers
The th￿SteeS and officers 5ervin8 during the year and sinL% the year ettd wue as follo￿."
Richard cro￿ {resigned 17 January 2024)
Stepkn Hunter
ChTi5tophff J8Ml￿n
Stephen Hamill
Ali*air Benndt (appM)iTtheAI 17 January 2024)
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PlaAs for the hture
As we plan for the firtUTe we are committa kn fi￿d￿J$Ing to generate additional funds to allow us to build 4
new classroonLS to extend the education of our p￿11$ to grnde 7 (previously our highest level w&8 Grade 5) in
the Hope365 Ac&kny. We a150 plan lo grow our new Nourish to Flourisb Meal swnsorship pYo8ramme and
other n￿nthlY subscriptions schettKs.
St¢phen Hamill
Tn￿lee