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Registered charity (CIO) · Wilmslow

Hope Central

Hope Central is a registered charity (number 1183290) based in Wilmslow, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Bernard Kellett since 2026. Latest income £394k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £394k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Cheshire East
Website
www.hopecentral.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£394k£426k
  • 2024£442k£358k
  • 2023£264k£285k
Earlier years
  • 2022£226k£209k
  • 2021£219k£205k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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.

Grants received

3 grants · £75,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£442k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1183290
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 May 2019 as amended on 31 May 2023
Contact on the register
07434961434 · info@hopecentral.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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