Hull Optimists

Analysis

Hull Optimists is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cottingham. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hull Optimists reported income of £12k and spending of £9,331, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,300 to £12k (+404%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hull Optimists sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Addenbrooke,nash and Winnington United Charity (£12k), The Colossi Trust (£12k) and Atorkor Development Foundation (£12k).