Hope Spring

Analysis

Hope Spring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope Spring reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Spring sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Nantwich Trust Fund (£22k), Capital City Church (£22k) and Pontypridd Christian Concern (£22k).