THE GAP CHRISTIAN FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1157025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GAP CENTRE

Out of school and holiday Play schemes for children 4-11yr oldJunior Volunteer scheme (VIP's) 12-16yrs oldCommunity CafeTime2bcreative(Scrapstore/Reuse centre)Family supportCommunity DevelopmentTimebank/Volunteering

Objects

A. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPALS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER.B. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PERSONS WHO HAVE SUCH NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH A PERSON.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £112,752, comprising £33,481 in unrestricted funds and £29,493 in restricted funds. The trustees report that the charity continues to operate independently and is progressing with building programs and community services despite rising costs. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or risks to 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The GAP Christian Family Centre (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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hopkinschair
• Nicola Whateley
• Victoria Jayne Ketcher

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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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 FAMILY VOLUNTEERING CLUB.

• FAMILY VOLUNTEERING CLUB income £160k
• St Christopher's Community Centre income £128k
• CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED income £2.9m
• ST THOMAS' CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £600k
• WELLSPRING CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £121k
• ST. STEPHEN'S NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE LTD income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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