Service of Hope

Analysis

Service of Hope is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Service of Hope reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £32k to £16k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Service of Hope sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hounslow Men's Shed (£16k), The North of England Neurological Association (£16k) and The Simlak Muslim Welfare Society (£16k).