WEST HERTS COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1003525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FINGERPRINTS PRE-SCHOOL, GARSTON COMMUNITY CHURCH, HOPE4INDIA, TARIRO

An evangelical church known as Garston Community Church reaching out to the local community, catering for young and old with, Kidz Klub, Youth Club and Seniors Club. Also supporting other local initiatives, advancement of the Christian faith, spreading the Gospel, providing Christian education. Supporting other ministries abroad, orphans and the needy mainly in India.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK, AND3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: WATFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Watford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves of £11,675 were held at year-end, which was below the trustees' stated policy target of £11,891. However, the trustees note that a legacy of £6,116 was received after the year end, significantly improving reserves. The trustees are satisfied that the charity can continue to operate smoothly with the reserves it now holds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 07/12/2025, 37 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 05/06/2024, 218 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Gerrard Hintonchair
• Beryl Lilian Young
• Jennifer Olaitan Hinton
• William Ashley Noel Brookes

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire · India

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTBURY PARK LOCAL ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP.

• WESTBURY PARK LOCAL ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP income £337k
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• WEST STREET CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £307k
• TAVISTOCK COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £62k
• CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m
• EASTGATE (KENT) LTD income £991k

Side by side with its peers

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