UPPER GORNAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1093130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

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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Latest income

£103k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £1,174,564, supported by total resources arising of £102,798 against total resources used of £101,822. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,174,564 and has no stated reserves policy target. Liabilities are limited to a mortgage of £41,412, resulting in a strong net asset position.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Marshchair
Alexandra Caulfield
Gary Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
MALCOLM JONES
Robert Croft

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£103k	£102k
31/12/2023	£87k	£86k
31/12/2022	£81k	£83k
31/12/2021	£65k	£94k
31/12/2020	£72k	£106k

Common questions

Is UPPER GORNAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £1,174,564, supported by total resources arising of £102,798 against total resources used of £101,822. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,174,564 and has no stated reserves policy target. Liabilities are limited to a mortgage of £41,412, resulting in a strong net asset position. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL).

THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL) income £151k
BENTLEY PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH income £314k
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH income £205k
CAERSALEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON income £201k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FRINDSBURY WITH UPNOR & CHATTENDEN income £131k
TABERNACLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £263k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UPPER GORNAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL) FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BENTLEY PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH FY2025	£314k	—	unclear	—	noted
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAERSALEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON FY2025	£201k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FRINDSBURY WITH UPNOR & CHATTENDEN FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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