Northern Hope Centre Limited

Analysis

Northern Hope Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester le Street. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08360776). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Northern Hope Centre Limited reported income of £127k and spending of £134k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £81k to £127k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Northern Hope Centre Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bill Quay Pre-School (£127k), Hopes and Beams (£127k) and Pennywell Community Centre (£127k).

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.