Hope Projects (West Midlands) Ltd

Analysis

Hope Projects (West Midlands) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07341898). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Projects (West Midlands) Ltd reported income of £533k and spending of £500k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £375k to £533k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Projects (West Midlands) Ltd sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chasing the Stigma (£533k), The BSD Charitable Trust (£533k) and Widcombe Baptist Church (£532k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 1.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £147k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.