Hope Nottingham CIO

Analysis

Hope Nottingham CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hope Nottingham CIO reported income of £715k and spending of £823k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £476k to £715k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Nottingham CIO sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include QVSR Seafarers Centres (£715k), Parenting 2000 (£717k) and Suffolk West Citizens Advice Bureau (£714k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 25% and trading 2.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £237k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.