Hope Community Church Swanley

Analysis

Hope Community Church Swanley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanley. It was registered in February 2005, 21 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 05314519). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Community Church Swanley reported income of £43k and spending of £44k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £47k to £43k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Community Church Swanley sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Charity of William Avery and Others (£43k), The E Alec Colman Charitable Fund Limited (£43k) and Maranatha Evangelistic Ministries International (£43k).