Hope Into Action: Reading

Analysis

Hope Into Action: Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09358716). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Into Action: Reading reported income of £116k and spending of £122k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £105k to £116k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope Into Action: Reading sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrogate District Foodbank (£115k), Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of High Ongar (£116k) and Robinson's Retreat and Relief Charities (£115k).