The Hope Centre in North East Cheshire

Analysis

The Hope Centre in North East Cheshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Macclesfield. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07540163). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Hope Centre in North East Cheshire reported income of £85k and spending of £78k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £91k to £85k (-5.8%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Hope Centre in North East Cheshire sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael's, Betchworth (£85k), Words of Life Ministries (£85k) and True Jesus Church (Birmingham) (£85k).