EMPOWER GLOBAL

Registered charity 1058285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY CHURCH, GOSPORT FAMILY CHURCH, HEARTS ON FIRE FOR JESUS LIMITED, PORTSMOUTH FAMILY CHURCH

Empower Global works as Family Church - Empowering communities through local church congregations. Empower Global supports relief work and missionary organisations overseas. The work of Family Church in our local communities aims to relieve poverty and support the peope local to us through initiatives, ongoing projects and community engagement.

Objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE PROCLAMATION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD. (II) THE PROMOTION OF THE WORSHIP OF GOD BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL; THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES; AND THE PRINTING, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, MEDIA PRODUCTS AND OTHER RESOURCES. (III) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL NEED, OR OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE INFIRM FOR REASONS OF OLD AGE OR SICKNESS. (IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, MATERIALS AND BURSARIES FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £1,239,989 from £1,278,582 in the prior year, a reduction attributed largely to the distribution of Baby Basics stock. The charity maintains unrestricted general reserves of £429,520, which exceeds its stated policy target of eight weeks of expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Limited. 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 handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade reveals new brand identity and says its mission is to ‘empower global trade’ export.org.uk · 10/07/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03053642

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SUTHERLAND, Helen — director, appointed 18/05/2024on trustee list
• MCINTYRE, Elisa — director, appointed 13/05/2024on trustee list
• STEYN, Claire Elaine — director, appointed 13/05/2024on trustee list
• DOKUBO, Sotonye Tuboteyi — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
• WARD, Mark Donald Charles — director, appointed 26/01/2016on trustee list
• BAKER, Steve — secretary, appointed 19/01/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £210k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/04/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Steyn
• Elisa McIntyre
• Helen Sutherland
• Mark Donald Charles Ward
• Sotonye Dokubo

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

Operates in: Angola · Brazil · Ecuador · Hampshire · India · Moldova · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Portsmouth City · Zambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• GLOBAL GIVING UK income £2.9m
• EQUIPE income £42k
• EMPOWERMENT MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL income £78k
• GRACE ASSEMBLY income £47k
• GLOBAL CHURCH income £236k
• FAMILY CHURCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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