New Hope Rural Community Trust

Analysis

New Hope Rural Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, New Hope Rural Community Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £26k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £34k to £25k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, New Hope Rural Community Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thalassemia Relief (£25k), Planet Ministries (£25k) and Seedlings School (£25k).