HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON

Registered charity 1126718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hope Church Orpington is a charity whose objectives are the advancement of the Christian faith and the relief of hardship. In addition the charity operates a church based at five sites in the local area offering a range of activities and pastoral support to both church members and the wider community.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £184,802 on unrestricted funds, compared to a surplus in the previous year. However, unrestricted reserves held as net current assets amounted to approximately £1,591,351, which is significantly above the stated policy target of a minimum of two months' expenditure (approximately £154,000). The charity maintains substantial cash reserves and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Field Sullivan Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £780k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander James Beaken
• Anais Bash-Taqi
• BARRY RAYMOND PALMER
• Gary David Carvosso
• Lawrence Okiror · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Dominique Bulpitt
• Olayemi Gbolahan Shyllon
• Ruth Carol Marchant
• Sarah Anne Palmer

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

Operates in: Bromley · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE.

• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
• HOPE CHURCH NETWORK income £259k
• HOPE CHURCH VAUXHALL income £194k
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hope Church Islington income £439k
• HOPE VINEYARD CHURCH OXFORD income £105k
• HOPE CHURCH HUDDERSFIELD income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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