DESTINY CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1095861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian Faith in our city, the UK and around the world to provide support to the aged, sick and needy and to provide education on the basis of christian principles.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSAPPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN THE COUNTY OFYORKSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD ASTHE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSESWHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALESAND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE . CHARITY, PARTICULARLY BUTNOT EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THEINTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OFINDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) TO RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ORWHO ARE AGED OR ARE SICK;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES ANDWITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCHEDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DECIDETHE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THEGENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIANPRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £30,916 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total reserves decreasing from £349,575 to £318,659. The trustees consider the charity to be in a stable position with adequate assets to continue its activities and meet its obligations. The charity maintains a reserves policy aiming to hold three months of building loan repayments in savings.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04621037 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• MA, Wai Nok — director, appointed 19/10/2025not on trustee list
• CRITCHLEY, Wesley Ian — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
• FLETCHER-BROWN, Richard — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
• HEPTINSTALL, David — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
• CRITCHLEY, Ian Frederick, Rev — director, appointed 18/12/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Frederick Critchleychair
• David Heptinstall
• Richard Fletcher-Brown
• Wesley Critchley

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield · Congo · Czech Republic · India · Malawi · Nottingham City · Poland · Sri Lanka · Zambia

Income and spending

Common questions

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