HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH STOURBRIDGE

Registered charity 1174234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious public worship, prayer, bible study, preaching and teaching; Baptism as defined by BU Declaration of Principle; Communion of Lord's Supper once a month; Evangelism and mission, locally, nationally and internationally; Nurture and growth of Christian disciples; Education and training for Christian service; Pastoral care; Supporting charitable social action; Supporting other Christians

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.2. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

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 church's reserves policy was adjusted to £40,000 and the trustees are satisfied they have sufficient reserves to function effectively in the coming year. The charity reported a net receipt surplus of £28,074 for the year and holds unrestricted cash assets of £172,298. The financial review notes that the church is heavily dependent on volunteers and membership support to carry on its activities.

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
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN SANDERS
• Carolyn Skeldon
• Diana Joyce Seeney
• Gillian Susan Robb
• Hannah Girling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Mary Owen
• Jennifer Horton
• Marc Andrew Crump
• RACHEL ELIZABETH WESTBURY
• ROSEMARY JAYNE UMBERS
• Rev Dr Jonathan Girling
• Steven Hancock
• Susan Kidd
• Suzanne Kay Hannah

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE.

• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
• HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE income £158k
• SKIPTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £495k
• ROSS-ON-WYE BAPTIST CHURCH income £219k
• CUSTOM HOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH income £159k
• WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k

Side by side with its peers

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