Hope City Church

Analysis

Hope City Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hope City Church reported income of £67k and spending of £60k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £42k to £67k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hope City Church sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellspring Pentecostal Church (Welling) (£67k), City of Sanctuary Swindon (£67k) and Syeda Zahra Trust International (£67k).