Hope After Harm

Analysis

Hope After Harm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02881664). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope After Harm reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £1.4m (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope After Harm sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation 2014 (£1.4m), Burton & District Mind (£1.4m) and Mind in Haringey (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54%, donations and legacies 45% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £177k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.