Hope Christian Trust

Analysis

Hope Christian Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hope Christian Trust reported income of £212k and spending of £157k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £131k to £212k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope Christian Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community Support Network, South London (£212k), The Aid Fund for Christian Scientists in Need of Nursing Care (£212k) and Sikh Relief (£212k).