Hope Churches

Analysis

Hope Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malmesbury. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Churches reported income of £43k and spending of £47k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £56k to £43k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Hope Churches sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethel Central Church Maesteg (£43k), Bishop Skirlaugh (Otherwise Called the Chapel Estate) (£43k) and The Wave (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.