CHRIST CENTRAL MANCHESTER LIMITED

Registered charity 1117856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOPE CHURCH MANCHESTER LIMITED

Sunday afternoon meetings at The Go Church building (Salford), including childrens and youth work. Meetings and social activities for students. Small midweek groups meeting across Salford & Manchester. Supporting social action projects across greater Manchester. Hosting regular Alpha courses.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£190k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £189,634 while expenditure reduced to £174,864, resulting in a net incoming resource of £14,770. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £192,344 comfortably exceed the stated policy target of approximately £42,000, representing three months of average gross expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of average gross expenditure (held: £192k)
Within those reserves, it is the intention of the trustees to always hold a minimum of three months’ average gross expenditure across the unrestricted funds. This equated to reserves of approximately £42,000 at 31 March 2025
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees and related parties made unrestricted gifts to the charity totalling £76,281.
During the year under review, trustees and other related parties made unrestricted gifts to the charity totalling £76,281 (2024: £65,472). The wife and son of trustee Mr J Kapp are both trustees of Salford Foodbank. The Church made gifts to Salford Foodbank during the year totalling £600 (2024: £600). No director/trustee received remuneration from or was reimbursed expenses by the charity for the year under review or the previous year. — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£190k£175k
31/03/2024£179k£186k
31/03/2023£164k£173k
31/03/2022£193k£128k
31/03/2021£188k£132k

Common questions

Is CHRIST CENTRAL MANCHESTER LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £189,634 while expenditure reduced to £174,864, resulting in a net incoming resource of £14,770. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £192,344 comfortably exceed the stated policy target of approximately £42,000, representing three months of average gross expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2005£5kMonday Funday

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFECHURCH MANCHESTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRIST CENTRAL MANCHESTER LIMITED£190k0aboveno doubt
LIFECHURCH MANCHESTER FY2024£979k0unclearno doubt
GRACE CHURCH SALISBURY FY2024£392k0unclearno doubt
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NORTH MANCHESTER FY2024£105k£150,001 - £160,0001unclearno doubt
CENTRAL CHURCH WARRINGTON FY2025£172k0unclearnoted
CITY CHURCH MANCHESTER CIO FY2024£644k0unclearno doubt

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