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Hope Central

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1183290
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 16, 2025. Filing history
Registered
May 7, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
St. Chads C of E Church
Wilmslow Road
Handforth
Wilmslow
SK9 3ES

Activities

The support services that we offer in the Handforth/Wilmslow and Knutsford communities include emergency food banks, pantry, debt counselling and a series of courses designed to give people practical tools to enable them to break free from poverty. Courses we offer are; Steps to Employment, The Money Course, Life Skills, and the Alpha Course. Also, our 4 Hope Centres provide a welcoming community.

Objects: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty In Cheshire East And Elsewhere By Providing: Items And Services To Individuals In Need And/or Charities, Or Other Organisations Working To Prevent Or Relieve Poverty.to Advance The Christian Faith For The Benefit Of The Public In Accordance With The Statements Of Belief Appearing In The Schedule.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Cheshire East

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 July 16, 2025On time £441,664 £358,245
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 18, 2024On time £264,029 £284,737
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 12, 2023On time £226,215 £208,941
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 4, 2022On time £219,486 £205,396
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 16, 2021On time £229,000 £163,000

Trustees

Name Appointed
Bernard Kellett (Chair) Aug. 12, 2026
Christopher David Ainsworth July 8, 2024
Christopher Duncan Murr May 7, 2019
David Allen May 15, 2023
Karen Lynne Henshall March 2, 2026