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

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSIN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH PARTS OF IPSWICH, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: IPSWICH

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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 07333161

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

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.

• MCFARLAND, Joseph — director, appointed 26/05/2025on trustee list
• MICHAEL, Kenneth — director, appointed 26/05/2025on trustee list
• BARLOW, Clare — director, appointed 12/06/2023on trustee list
• CORDLE, Dorothy — director, appointed 01/03/2016on trustee list
• SANSOM, David — director, appointed 01/03/2016on trustee list
• LITTLE, Ian Christopher — director, appointed 02/08/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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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

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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 WINCHESTER.

• HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £975k
• HOPE CHURCH NEWHAM income £257k
• HOPE CHURCH LUTON TRUST income £227k
• HOPE CHURCH NEWCASTLE income £58k
• HOPE LONDON COMMUNITY CHURCH income £40k
• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k

Side by side with its peers

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