Hope Family Trust

Analysis

Hope Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Family Trust reported income of £271k and spending of £199k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £152k to £271k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Family Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charities in Association with the League of St Bartholomews Nurses (£271k), Equality and Employment Law Centre (£272k) and Filey Foundation Ltd (£271k).