ICAN COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1170112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICC

iCAN Community Church is a Christian church that exists to advance the Christian faith in both word and deed. By 'word' we mean conducting weekly services, gospel campaigns and media outreach. By 'deeds' we mean initiatives aimed at alleviating the effects of poverty and suffering both locally and globally.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

£174k

Latest spending

£205k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the period, leading to an erosion of reserves. The independent examiner noted that while the charity remains a going concern with a small cash buffer, the trustees must exercise stringent oversight of future expenditure to maintain financial commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: buffer against any possible downturn in the Church's income and also as required for further expansion if necessary (held: £8k)

“iCC holds reserves of approximately £7,606.00 in a reserve account at HSBC. These funds are held as a buffer against any possible downturn in the Church's income and also as required for further expansion if necessary.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity’s expenditure remains substantial, while income has declined this year resulting in a deficit. Accordingly, the trustees will need to exercise stringent oversight of future expenditure to ensure the organisations ongoing financial commitments can be maintained.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY NZEKWU
ISAAC NEWTON PATRICE CARTER
Phillip Thomas
Reuben Paul Alexander Malcolm
TIM MCCLURE

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Ghana · Jamaica · Nigeria · South Africa · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£174k	£205k
31/03/2024	£273k	£253k
31/03/2023	£281k	£280k
31/03/2022	£255k	£256k
31/03/2021	£231k	£224k

Common questions

Is ICAN COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the period, leading to an erosion of reserves. The independent examiner noted that while the charity remains a going concern with a small cash buffer, the trustees must exercise stringent oversight of future expenditure to maintain financial commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	26/08/2020	£45k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	1	£415k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£250k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£126k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£50k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£21k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ICAN WELLBEING GROUP CIO.

ICAN WELLBEING GROUP CIO income £409k
ICAN CHARITY income £13.7m
COMMUNITY LIFE CHURCH - CANNOCK income £101k
King's Community Church, Lancaster income £111k
Transformation Community Church income £109k
ICC MISSIONS income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ICAN COMMUNITY CHURCH	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ICAN WELLBEING GROUP CIO FY2025	£409k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ICAN CHARITY FY2025	£13.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY LIFE CHURCH - CANNOCK FY2024	£101k	unclear	0	unclear	—	noted
King's Community Church, Lancaster FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Transformation Community Church FY2026	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.