CALVARY CHARISMATIC BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1116360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide for and promote the establishment of Church Christian groups bodies, organisations missions and other Christian meetings in the United Kingdom and throughout the world and generally to establish and assist in the establishment of places of Christian prayer, praise and worship.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE PROTESTANT AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. 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 · Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £55,555 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £3,099,594. The trustees and auditors confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis, noting no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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 05921668

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.

• OPPON, Bernard — director, appointed 01/09/2006on trustee list
• MENSAN, Philippe Kodjo — secretary, appointed 01/09/2006

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERNARD OPPONchair
• KENNEDY KANKAM BOATENG
• LUCY KIHARA

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Ghana · Hackney · Newham · Southwark · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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