The Hope Edwardes Institute

Analysis

The Hope Edwardes Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Hope Edwardes Institute reported income of £54k and spending of £55k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £45k to £54k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Hope Edwardes Institute sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frith Youth Centre, Bussage (£54k), Read and Simonstone Village Hall (£54k) and Mellor Brook and District Community Centre (£54k).