The Hospital of James Knowles CIO

Analysis

The Hospital of James Knowles CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hospital of James Knowles CIO reported income of £28k and spending of £50k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £28k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Hospital of James Knowles CIO sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Revival Church (£28k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Covenant Restoration Assembly Freedom House Parish (£28k) and Al-Falah Centre (£28k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.