Hope Church Orpington

Analysis

Hope Church Orpington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 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 06738209). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Church Orpington reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £896k to £1.1m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Orpington sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The World Children's Fund (£1.1m), Mytime (£1.1m) and Colel Chabad (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, charitable activities 7.5% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £118k. Reserves of £478k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 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.