HOPE AND HOMES FOR CHILDREN

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have considered several factors in concluding that it remains appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. HOPE AND HOMES FOR CHILDREN · parent
   1. Hope and Homes for Children Romania 100% · Romania · charitable activities
   2. Charitable Organisation 'Hope and Housing for Children' (Ukraine) 100% · Ukraine · charitable organisation
   3. Charitable Organisation 'Hope and Homes for Children' (Ukraine) 100% · Ukraine · charitable organisation
   4. One Child One Family HHCSA 100% · South Africa · non-profit company
   5. Hope and Homes for Children (Kenya) 100% · Kenya · Non-Governmental Organizations
   6. Hope and Homes for Children Asia Limited 100% · Hong Kong · charitable company

Significant events

• “We worked directly and indirectly with 207 orphanages, leading to 22 closures and over 750 children returned to their own families, or transitioned to new loving families or community-based services.”
• “more than 4,300 new children across ten countries who would otherwise have faced a strong possibility of being separated from parental care and installed in a residential institution, now are safe in their own loving family.”
• “In Romania we supported the closure of 6 institutions, prevented the separation of 656 children from their families, and transitioned 233 children and young adults from institutions. We celebrated Bucharest Sector 3 and Sibiu county being institution-free.”
• “In Bulgaria, we have supported the closure of one of the last four remaining children's institutions despite the lack of a permanent government. While the actual closure of these institutions was delayed, we supported the transition of 100 children and prevented a further 159 children from being separated from their families.”
• “In Moldova, our partner CCF prevented 131 children from family separation, and supported 79 children out of institutions. The three remaining large-scale institutions saw a 33% reduction in the number of residents.”
• “Our team in Ukraine continue to display incredible fortitude in helping especially vulnerable children and families, dealing with trauma and keeping families together providing case management support to 3,443 children and providing counselling, therapy and material support to a total of 6,367 children in the past year.”
• “In Rwanda we prevented the separation of more than 345 children from their families and transitioned 9 children and young adults with severe disabilities out of institutions and into loving families.”
• “In South Africa, considerable progress has been made in advancing towards national commitment to care reform ... In total, 104 children were transitioned and a further 118 children prevented from being separated from their families.”
• “In Nepal, 15 institutions were closed in 2024 by the focal municipalities in Kathmandu Valley ... 134 children transitioned from institutions. The first foster care pilot has resulted in 52 potential foster carers being trained.”
• “The USAID-funded Children and Families Together (CAFT) project in India saw us establish a dedicated advocacy working group... despite the subsequent termination of the CAFT project by the US administration.”
• “We successfully positioned HHC as a key advisor to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on childcare reform. A major breakthrough came when we secured the Shadow Foreign Secretary as a champion for global childcare reform”
• “In Romania, HHC supported the first-ever child-led report to the UN, empowering children to hold their government accountable.”
• “Between 2022 and 2024, we worked directly and indirectly to successfully close 76 orphanages and support more than 1,900 children to return to their own families, or transition to new loving families or community-based services. In addition, due to our work supporting families in crisis, more than 19,500 children are safe in their own loving family”
• “Our 5-year consortium grant from USAID was cancelled, and other projects under development were also stopped.”
• “At the start of 2025, we have benefitted from both The Times and The Sunday Times Christmas Appeal which raised more than £600,000, and a UK Aid Match appeal in early 2025 which, including matching, raised more than £1.5m.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.