PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD

Registered charity 1044860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity seeks to advance the Christian religion by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to the Bible mainly through:- 1) Broadcasting and distributing Christian messages 2) Producing and distributing literature 3) Holding local church meetings and assemblies 4) Ordaining and granting credentials or licences to preach to such individuals considered by the charity to be qualified.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH:-(1) BROADCASTING AND DISTRIBUTING CHRISTIAN MESSAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC AND TEACHING NATURE BY THE SPOKEN OR PRINTED WORD AND BY RADIO, TELEVISION AND RECORDINGS AND BY PERSONAL EVANGELISM;(2) PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE TO BEAR WITNESS TO, AND TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT, THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST;(3) THE HOLDING OF LOCAL CHURCH MEETINGS, ASSEMBLIES AND CONGREGATIONS FOR WORSHIP OR CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES OR CLASSES;(4) ORDAINING AND GRANTING CREDENTIALS OR LICENCES TO PREACH TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED BY THE CHARITY TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN VOCATION AND TO BE QUALIFIED TO BE EVANGELISTS, MINISTERS, ELDERS OR DEACONS OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £226,594 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets (liabilities) of £457,543. Despite this deficit, the trustees consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund the charity's activities for the foreseeable future and view the entity as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £2.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GERALD FLURRY
• Waduthanthrige Dinesh Sanjeewa Perera
• Wayne Turgeon
• Wigger Otto Heerma

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

Operates in: Austria · Belgium · Cyprus · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway · Portugal

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL).

• THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL) income £151k
• THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN UK income £1.0m
• PHILADELPHIA CHURCH INTERNATIONAL income £107k
• CHURCH OF GOD (SEVENTH DAY) CROYDON income £164k
• CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY TRUST income £4.7m
• CHURCH OF GOD REFORMATION MOVEMENT (COMMONLY CALLED THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD) income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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