H.o.p.e Ministries Limited

Analysis

H.o.p.e Ministries Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05109190). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2023, H.o.p.e Ministries Limited reported income of £19k and spending of £29k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2023, income fell from £31k to £19k (-37%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, H.o.p.e Ministries Limited sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewes Refugee Support Group (£19k), World Enlighters Ministries {wem} (£19k) and Seeds of Hope (£19k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.