Hope Church Ferndown

Analysis

Hope Church Ferndown is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Hope Church Ferndown reported income of £86k and spending of £112k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £126k to £86k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Hope Church Ferndown sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daneshouse Islamic Education Centre (£86k), Apostolic Faith Mission International Ministries Slough Assembly (£86k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St David, Fleetwood (£86k).

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.