The Simon Hope Trust

Analysis

The Simon Hope Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Simon Hope Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £27k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £550k to £24k (-96%), an average of -54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 8.9% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Simon Hope Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 10th St Helens Boy Scout Group (£24k), St Bernadettes Parent-Teacher Association (£25k) and South Essex Federation of Townswomen's Guilds (£24k).