HOPE CHURCHES

Registered charity 1151101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE CHURCH MALMESBURY

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF HOPE CHURCH MALMESBURY, PROVIDING SERVICES OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP OPEN TO ALL EVERY SUNDAY.OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE SKILLS IN MALMESBURY AND THE SURROUNDING TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN SCHEDULE A. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

£47k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £1,972, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £51,182 against a policy target of £25,000. The trustees noted that the charity operated at a budgeted deficit but confirmed that resources were adequate with no material uncertainty regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs (£25,000) (held: £51k)

“The Trustees have set a target for reserves of around six months running costs (£25,000)” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees Mark Faithfull and Lydia Faithfull were paid salaries for their roles as Pastors, not as trustees.

“Mark Faithfull and Lydia Faithfull served as church leaders and were each paid £7,198 (2023: £7,198) for serving in that capacity, not for serving as trustees; these payments are permitted by the charity's governing document.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Edmund John Faithfullchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David George Jones
Ian Cambray-Smith
Susan Jones

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£47k	£49k
31/12/2023	£42k	£48k
31/12/2022	£50k	£54k
31/12/2021	£56k	£41k
31/12/2020	£59k	£52k

Common questions

Is HOPE CHURCHES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £1,972, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £51,182 against a policy target of £25,000. The trustees noted that the charity operated at a budgeted deficit but confirmed that resources were adequate with no material uncertainty regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.