Hope Church Winchester

Analysis

Hope Church Winchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in March 2009, 17 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 06804892). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Church Winchester reported income of £975k and spending of £890k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £741k to £975k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Winchester 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 Kupat Chaim V'chesed (£974k), Norwich Freemen's Charity (£975k) and Human Concern International (£974k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, trading 10%, charitable activities 1.5% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £43k. Reserves of £411k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.