FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL (HARLOW)

Registered charity 1160296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY MINISTERS TO THE NEEDS OF VARIOUS SOCIAL GROUPS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. THE CHARITY PROVIDES A FORUM FOR MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT FOR ITS MEMBERS TO BE EQUIPPED EDUCATIONALLY, SOCIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. IT OFFERS VARIOUS COUNSELLING SESSIONS TO THE NEEDY, UNEMPLOYED AND MAKES REFERRALS WHEN EVER THE NEED ARISES

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, INCLUDING:1 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES INCLUDING PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING;2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF A HEALTHY AND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £126,073, up from £62,141 in the previous year, driven by a net income of £63,932 against total expenditure of £83,615. Cash at bank and in hand rose to £82,605, while tangible fixed assets were held at a net book value of £24,768. The charity reported no material uncertainties regarding its 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.

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 handling
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2021 (received 30/12/2021, 2 days after the 28/12/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Diana Bediako
• Loteta Fuamba
• MAKAFUE DOE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL.

• FOUNTAIN GATE CHAPEL income £45k
• THE GATE CHURCH income £149k
• INTERNATIONAL LIFE GATE CHAPEL income £59k
• FOREST FOLD BAPTIST CHURCH income £233k
• FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE DUNHAM ROAD UNITARIAN CHAPEL income £106k
• TOFT VILLAGE HALL income £28k

Side by side with its peers

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