Hope Church Bedlington

Analysis

Hope Church Bedlington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in September 2013, 13 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hope Church Bedlington reported income of £85k and spending of £84k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £77k to £85k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Bedlington sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Make a Well Charity (£85k), Community Church of the Nazarene Longsight (£85k) and Oxford Churches Debt Centre (£85k).