The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Hope Central

Registered charity 1183290 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Cheshire East

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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

2.9y
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
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hopecentral.org.uk
Emailinfo@hopecentral.org.uk
Phone07434961434
AddressSt. Chads C of E Church, Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3ES

Finances

£441,664 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£229,000£163,000
2021£219,486£205,396
2022£226,215£208,941
2023£264,029£284,737
2024£441,664£358,245

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 May 2019 as amended on 31 May 2023

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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