HOPE CHURCH GUILDFORD

Registered charity 1122549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTREPOINT CHURCH GUILDFORD, HOPE CHURCH, HOPE CHURCH GUILDFORD LIMITED

The running and operation of a church.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£214k

Latest spending

£198k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,089 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds carried forward of £97,084. The trustees acknowledge that the planned deficit for 2025 will be covered by the allocation of reserves, and the independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause for concern regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Trustees' remuneration in the year amounted to £49,460.

“Trustees' remuneration in the year amounted to £49,460.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06457041

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.

STEAD, Glenn Kevin — director, appointed 24/03/2025on trustee list
PARKER, Stuart Alexander — director, appointed 26/06/2023on trustee list
POULTON, Edward Matthew — director, appointed 26/04/2021on trustee list
PUUSAARI, Matthew Adam — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
WENSLEY, Julia Clair — director, appointed 01/01/2015on trustee list
WENSLEY, Julia — secretary, appointed 13/10/2025

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Matthew Adam Puusaarichair
Edward Matthew Poulton
Glenn Kevin Stead
Julia Wensley
Stuart Alexander Parker

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£214k	£198k
31/12/2023	£174k	£180k
31/12/2022	£182k	£202k
31/12/2021	£173k	£175k
31/12/2020	£160k	£154k

Common questions

Is HOPE CHURCH GUILDFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,089 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds carried forward of £97,084. The trustees acknowledge that the planned deficit for 2025 will be covered by the allocation of reserves, and the independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause for concern regarding the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.