HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL. PROVIDE OVERSEAS FAMINE RELIEF, RELIGOUS ACTIVITY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MANKIND BY MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDING SERVICES
Objects
A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; ANDB) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total funds carried forward increased to £37,018 from £26,094 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £10,924. The charity reported no trustees' remuneration or expenses and had no related party transactions. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records.
What the accounts disclose
“Total resources expended 50,174”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 18
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 20
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022
- Volunteers: 12
- Grant-making is its main activity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 11/12/2025, 41 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 30/11/2023, 30 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 07/02/2023, 99 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).
1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Trustees
- REVEREND DEBORAH A BRINK
- Rev MR S BRINK
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | — | — |
| 31/12/2024 | £61k | £50k |
| 31/12/2023 | £45k | £27k |
| 31/12/2022 | £26k | £33k |
| 31/12/2021 | £35k | £32k |
Common questions
Is HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward increased to £37,018 from £26,094 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £10,924. The charity reported no trustees' remuneration or expenses and had no related party transactions. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE | £61k | — | 0 | unclear | 82.0% | no doubt |
| REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CONNECTIONS | £337k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOPE CITY CHURCH | £67k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CATHEDRAL OF HOPE | £131k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOPE CHURCH MERTHYR | £336k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOPE CHURCH NEWCASTLE | £58k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |