HOPE CHURCH NETWORK

Registered charity 1182733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE CHURCH GREATHAM AND PETERSFIELD

Hope Church seeks to advance the Christian faith through a range of meetings, teaching and activities. It provides both directly and indirectly financial and practical help to those in need, and maintains a strong emphasis on education and development of young people, as well as on life-long learning.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2) 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; AND3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND 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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £167,762 to £163,114 due to a net expenditure of £4,648 against total income of £258,938. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds held in cash and no reserve funds in deficit. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and employs 2.7 full-time equivalent staff.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Mark Piperchair
• Duncan Ashley Burchell
• ISABEL CLAIRE STIRLING
• Phillip Everitt Johnston
• ROSEMARY JENNIFER CHAVE MACKENZIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Charles Read · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen David Wilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stuart David Lowe

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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 ORPINGTON.

• HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON income £1.2m
• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
• HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £975k
• HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE income £267k
• HOPE CHURCH BEACONSFIELD income £205k
• HOPE CHURCH OSWESTRY income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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