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Hope and Homes for Children

Logo: hopeandhomes.org3

British registered charity

Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) is a British registered charity operating and working with children, their families and communities in several countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa, to help children grow up in safe and productive environments. The charity moves children out of institutions into family-based care, helps keep together families who are at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty, disease or conflict, and works to prevent child abandonment.2 It employed 200 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was £8 million in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1

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Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) is a British registered charity operating and working with children, their families and communities in several countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa, to help children grow up in safe and productive environments. The charity moves children out of institutions into family-based care, helps keep together families who are at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty, disease or conflict, and works to prevent child abandonment.2

The story

Hope and Homes for Children was established by Mark Cook, a retired colonel, and his wife Caroline. The first project was an orphanage in Croatia, in a town called Lipik. Cook was posted there as part of the United Nations Protection Force. Initially, he and other soldiers repaired war-damaged orphanages before realising that what children really required was a family. Hope and Homes for children then began to pioneer the deinstitutionalisation of orphanages

and children's homes. By March 2024, the charity had closed 139 institutions in more than 20 countries, prevented over 288,000 children entering or re-entering institutions and had helped to change childcare systems.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hope and Homes for Children, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Employees over time

Hope and Homes for Children employees by year1200 in 2025+8% since 2016
01002003002016: 18618620162017: 1961962017+5%2018: 2072072018+6%2019: 2432432019+17%2020: 2112112020−13%2024: 2322322024+10%2025: 2002002025−14%
  • 20252001
  • 20242321
  • 20202111
  • 20192431
  • 20182071
  • 20171961
  • 20161861

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Hope and Homes for Children revenue by year18.0M GBP in 2025−16% since 2016
05.0M GBP10.0M GBP15.0M GBP20.0M GBP2016: 9.5M GBP9.5M GBP20162017: 11.7M GBP11.7M GBP2017+23%2018: 9.1M GBP9.1M GBP2018−22%2019: 11.2M GBP11.2M GBP2019+22%2020: 12.1M GBP12.1M GBP2020+9%2021: 8.7M GBP8.7M GBP2021−28%2022: 16.1M GBP16.1M GBP2022+85%2023: 11.5M GBP11.5M GBP2023−29%2024: 11.0M GBP11.0M GBP2024−4%2025: 8.0M GBP8.0M GBP2025−27%
  • 20258.0M GBP1
  • 202411.0M GBP1
  • 202311.5M GBP1
  • 202216.1M GBP1
  • 20218.7M GBP1
  • 202012.1M GBP1

Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded1

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