Hope for Belper

Analysis

Hope for Belper is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in February 2012, 14 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. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope for Belper reported income of £64k and spending of £69k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £64k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope for Belper 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 St Mary's Fund, Salisbury (£64k), The Fakenham Relief in Need Charity (£64k) and The Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust (£64k).