CITY HOPE CHURCH LONDON

Registered charity 1137233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Parent and baby/toddler groupsOver 60s clubAlphaYouth workDebt AdviceFood bankReligious servicesOverseas support work

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.THE OBJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 7 HEREOF.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

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Latest income

£465k

Latest spending

£467k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,526,414, with unrestricted reserves falling significantly to £341,217 due to a large transfer to designated funds. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between six and twelve month’s expenditure (held: £341k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between six and twelve month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of trustee expenses

“During the financial year ended 31st March 2025, 1 trustee incurred and was reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses relating to ad-hoc administrative costs for the charity. The total amount reimbursed in this way was £268 (2024: 1 trustee with expenses totalling £6).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07250346

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.

HARRIS, John — director, appointed 21/11/2021on trustee list
LYNCH, Angela — director, appointed 12/11/2019on trustee list
PEACOCK, Joanna — director, appointed 18/06/2013not on trustee list
STAUNTON, David Ian — director, appointed 19/03/2013on trustee list
WATKINS, Wellesley Anthony — director, appointed 11/05/2010on trustee list
WHITTLESEA, Rebecca — secretary, appointed 19/03/2013

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Ian Stauntonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Angela Lynch
JO PEACOCK
John Harris
WELLESLEY WATKINS

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£465k	£467k
31/03/2024	£454k	£533k
31/03/2023	£485k	£488k
31/03/2022	£419k	£367k
31/03/2021	£414k	£368k

Common questions

Is CITY HOPE CHURCH LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,526,414, with unrestricted reserves falling significantly to £341,217 due to a large transfer to designated funds. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to City Hope Church
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to City Hope Church
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£3k	Grant to City Hope Church

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK	1	£29k
REGIONS BEYOND UK	1	£24k
THE GREGORY CENTRE FOR CHURCH MULTIPLICATION	1	£10k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST	1	£5k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION	1	£4k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

HOPE CHURCH MERTHYR income £336k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CENTRE income £169k
HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON income £1.2m
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CHAPEL income £246k
Hope Church Truro income £134k
HOPE NORTH LONDON LIMITED income £184k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY HOPE CHURCH LONDON	£465k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH MERTHYR FY2025	£336k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CENTRE FY2025	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON FY2023	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CHAPEL FY2025	£246k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Hope Church Truro FY2024	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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