Hope Church Guildford

Analysis

Hope Church Guildford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 242 Cabell Road. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 06457041). It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Church Guildford reported income of £239k and spending of £248k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £173k to £239k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. 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 Guildford sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cathie Stankevitch Foundation (£239k), Cosham Baptist Church (£239k) and Parochial Church Councilof the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Saviour with St Mary Cotham (£239k).