CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST - HOUSE OF PRAISE PARISH

Registered charity 1169923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Place of Christian worship

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operating surplus of £19,203 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £110,446 against total expenditure of £91,243. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to retain free reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted expenditure to manage risks such as sudden declines in income. The trustees have implemented robust budgetary controls and reviewed the effectiveness of their internal control systems.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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 expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lottery Community Fund — “Funders:- Lottery Community Fund.” (source page)
• Action-together — “Funders:- Lottery Community Fund. Action-together.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUNDAY ONABANJOchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Esther Olufunke Lawal
• Goriola Andu

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH.

• THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST (REHOBOTH PARISH) income £153k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST (COVENANT OF GOD PARISH) income £152k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST income £478k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST ERITH PARISH income £108k
• THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST- FOUNDER'S PARISH income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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