Hope Community Church

Registered charity 1056283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEADOWS COMMUNITY CHURCH, THE MEADOWS COMMUNITY CHURCH

The activities of the church range from regular meetings on Sundays for praise & worship of God, provision of children's and youth classes to help understand the Christian gospel, advice & support for struggling parents in the community, debt counselling and emergency food aid.

Objects

THE CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE RELIGION (EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY) AND TO FURTHER OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE ELDERS IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING WHERE IT IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RESTORATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE WHICH IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL AND WIDER GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH?S STATEMENT OF FAITH. THE BUILDING THE CHURCH MEETS IN: 1. IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP 2. IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 3. IS SITUATED IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oadby and Wigston, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £803,984, which the trustees confirm is more than the required amount under their policy of maintaining three months' salary and support costs. The charity reported a net income of £288,688 for the year, driven by increased donations and grants, while total expenditure was £319,193.

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 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~30.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% 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

• Amy Cassandra Longmore
• Kathryn Joy Allen
• MIKE PEARCE
• Matthew John MacDiarmid · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILLIP JOHN BEYNON
• Susan Pearce · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Hope UK Church.

• Hope UK Church income £167k
• HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE income £158k
• Hope Community Church (Tameside & Glossop) income £94k
• HOPE CHURCH ALDERSHOT income £111k
• HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WYMONDHAM) income £416k
• HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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