HYDE CHAPEL, GEE CROSS (CONGREGATION)

Registered charity 1085552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HYDE CHAPEL, GEE CROSS

A place of worship offering religious services.

Objects

TO ASSEMBLE FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD PREACHED AND EXPOUNDED AND TO ATTEND THE SACRAMENTS AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION KNOWN AS FREE CHRISTIAN.

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.

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Registered contact address: Tameside, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £339,537, derived from a general fund balance of £341,387 and a restricted fund of £16,390. The trustees report a net movement in funds of £20,346 for the year, driven by investment gains and charitable income exceeding expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011.

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

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

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

PATRICIA WINTERBOTTOMchair
Eileen Kitchingman
Kathleen GUARINO
Maria Antoinette Ogden
PATRICIA REGINA MANTON
SUSAN EGAN
Susan Ann Phillips
Yvonne Jeanette Shawdale

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£33k	£32k
31/12/2024	£75k	£47k
31/12/2023	£47k	£33k
31/12/2022	£41k	£45k
31/12/2021	£32k	£67k

Common questions

Is HYDE CHAPEL, GEE CROSS (CONGREGATION) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £339,537, derived from a general fund balance of £341,387 and a restricted fund of £16,390. The trustees report a net movement in funds of £20,346 for the year, driven by investment gains and charitable income exceeding expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/08/2020	£10k	"COVID-19 Hyde Chapel"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/09/2017	£75k	"Hyde Chapel heritage project"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE.

THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE income £92k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ROYAL DIADEM CHAPEL NORTHAMPTON income £156k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CENTRE income £199k
CREATED: CHURCH income £315k
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES income £29k
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH CAPEL COFFA CONGREGATION CHAPEL income £20k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HYDE CHAPEL, GEE CROSS (CONGREGATION)	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE FY2025	£92k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ROYAL DIADEM CHAPEL NORTHAMPTON FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CENTRE FY2026	£199k	—	above	—	no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025	£315k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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