Hope Trust Hastings

Analysis

Hope Trust Hastings is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Leonards-On-Sea. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Hope Trust Hastings reported income of £23k and spending of £8,763, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £20k to £23k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Trust Hastings sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homeless Hampers (£23k), Kollel Yisroel Yitzchok (£23k) and Redeemer's International Church of Harvest (£23k).