Hope Church Luton Trust

Analysis

Hope Church Luton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Church Luton Trust reported income of £235k and spending of £207k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £248k to £235k (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Luton Trust 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 Yad Toiva (The Kind Hand) Trust (£235k), Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (£235k) and S.m.i.l.e London & Essex (£235k).