Hope Alive Trust

Analysis

Hope Alive Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07262714). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Hope Alive Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £68k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £46k to £70k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope Alive Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ward Blenkinsop Trust (£70k), Somerford Alliance Resource Centre (£70k) and The Anya Sturdy Charitable Trust for Medical Research (£70k).