Hope Welfare Trust

Analysis

Hope Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dewsbury. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Hope Welfare Trust reported income of £343k and spending of £401k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £409k to £343k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope Welfare Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jain Samaj Europe (£343k), British Neuroscience Association Limited (£343k) and Newtown & Victoria Springboard Ltd (£343k).