Hope Church Oswestry

Analysis

Hope Church Oswestry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Church Oswestry reported income of £221k and spending of £193k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £267k to £221k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Oswestry sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Ansaar Welfare & Education (£221k), Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen Ltd (£221k) and Jubilee Campaign (£221k).