HOPE CHURCH SEVENOAKS

Registered charity 1145667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Christian church based which teaches Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. The church undertakes pastoral work, including visiting sick and the bereaved, from its community centre in North West Kent. The local community can access a range of services provided by the church and other providers from the community centre.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SEVENOAKS, KENT, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY IN GENERAL MEETINGS 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.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted net assets of £1,197,915 and unrestricted undesignated cash of £149,001. The trustees report that these reserves comply with the charity's policy, which requires maintaining cash equivalent to at least three months of unrestricted expenditure (approximately £107,000).

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADAM GEORGE NORTHCROFT
• Ian Lettington
• Nigel Parrington
• Oluwafisayo Titilayo Onagoruwa
• Steven Paul Collins
• Thomas Addy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

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