Hope Church Gainsborough

Analysis

Hope Church Gainsborough is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gainsborough. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Church Gainsborough reported income of £122k and spending of £43k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £122k (+297%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Church Gainsborough sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 West Preston Methodist Church (£122k), Jamiah Education and Relief Trust (£122k) and Christchurch (West Sussex) (£121k).