New Hope Relief

Analysis

New Hope Relief is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, New Hope Relief reported income of £53k and spending of £36k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £48k to £53k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, New Hope Relief sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hessle and Anlaby Food Bank (£53k), Riba Free Foundation (£53k) and The Poor's Lands (£53k).