LOVE STOKE CHURCH

Registered charity 1124003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN GROWTH CENTRE STOKE ON TRENT

a) advancing the Christian faith - Sunday morning celebration, Revelation for youth, home groupsb) furthering Christian education - Alphac) relieving persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are sick or relieving distressd) providing and maintaining facilities and running programmes for the benefit of the community - parent and toddler groups, youth groups, schools work

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSAPPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN STOKE-ON-TRENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAAND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAYFROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELYCHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THECHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SUCH PARTS OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND THESURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(C) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGEDOR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF STOKE-ON-TRENTTHE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TAME TO TIME THINK FIT.(D) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES (WHETHER IN A PURPOSE-BUILT COMMUNITYCENTRE OR OTHERWISE) FOR HE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND THESURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD WHICH FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THEPROVISION OF CHILD-CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHERFORMS OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OFRACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: STOKE-ON-TRENT

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

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

Registered contact address: Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £25,916 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £102,363 to £76,447. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is exempt from audit and underwent an independent examination.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06548592

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.

• TABERNOR, Stephanie Jane — director, appointed 06/07/2026on trustee list
• ENGLISH, Doreen Elva — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
• TULLETT, Karen Rachel — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
• HARDING, Phillip Ian — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
• PRICE, Emily Ruth — director, appointed 05/05/2016on trustee list
• PRICE, Robert Antony — director, appointed 05/05/2016on trustee list
• TABERNOR, Stephanie Jane — secretary, appointed 27/07/2026

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Doreen Elva English
• Karen Rachel Tullett
• Phillip Ian Harding
• Stephanie Tabernor

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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