Hope and Prosperity

Analysis

Hope and Prosperity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope and Prosperity reported income of £61k and spending of £51k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £61k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope and Prosperity sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oadby Educational Foundation (£60k), Chaim Yosef Trust (£61k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God His Majesty Sanctuary Parish Oldham (£60k).