HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1079264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 82.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Total resources expended 50,174”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CONNECTIONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE£61k—0unclear82.0%no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CONNECTIONS FY2025£337k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE CITY CHURCH FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt
CATHEDRAL OF HOPE FY2025£131k——unclear—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH MERTHYR FY2025£336k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2026£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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