Hope Church (Newtown)

Analysis

Hope Church (Newtown) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06287732). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Church (Newtown) reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £562k to £1.1m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church (Newtown) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends) (£1.1m), It's a Penalty (£1.1m) and Haringey Citizens Advice Bureaux (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51%, trading 46% and charitable activities 2.1%. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £4.9m would cover about 51 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.