HOPE CHURCH, IPSWICH

Registered charity 1137936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objectives are for the publin benefit and are restricted to the following:1) To advance the Christian faith;2) To hlep the poor and needy;3) To advance education on Christian principles4) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £903,478 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain their stated reserves policy of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £97,674 for the year, with total income of £932,354 largely offset by fundraising expenditure of £834,680.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hope Church Ipswich (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £861k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 89.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN LITTLEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clare Barlow
• David Sansom
• Dorothy Cordle
• Joseph McFarland
• Kenneth Michael

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.