HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust

Analysis

HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02738367). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust reported income of £986k and spending of £1.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £986k (-8.6%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newark Emmaus Trust (£986k), Bristol Refugee Rights (£988k) and Emmaus Transformation Trust (£984k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and charitable activities 4.7%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £896k. Reserves of £6,573 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.