Hope Church (AOG)

Registered charity 1054408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Advancing the Christian faith through the preaching of the Gospel of Christ, the provision of education through Bible Study and Sunday School, and the relief of hardship of members and supporting other charities for the relief of poverty, squalor and disease in the UK and throughout the world.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDC) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE CANNING TOWN

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 · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,102 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £94,484. The trustees confirm the accounts give a true and fair view and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention regarding compliance with the Charities Act.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV DEINDE KARUNWIchair
• BETTY UGBO
• ESTHER KARUNWI
• Edward Adu
• MR A F DONKOR-BOSIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev PAUL KOJO DADZIE

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

Operates in: Ghana · Nigeria · Throughout London · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE.

• HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE income £267k
• HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON income £1.1m
• HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £975k
• Hope Community Church income £608k
• HOPE CHURCH NETWORK income £259k
• HOPE ASSEMBLY income £66k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.