The Friends of the Hope Ministry for Widows and Orphans

Analysis

The Friends of the Hope Ministry for Widows and Orphans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of the Hope Ministry for Widows and Orphans reported income of £13k and spending of £9,125, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £13k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Friends of the Hope Ministry for Widows and Orphans sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stories For Life (£13k), The Dorothy Chapman Trust (£13k) and Past Pupils Association - Ilavalai Convent ( UK Branch) (£13k).