HOPE CHURCH MERTHYR

Registered charity 1184061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. CARE OF THOSE IN NEED THROUGH PASTORAL COUNSELLING AND VISITS. GRANTS TO INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS GROUPS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS/ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING THROUGH PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PRAYER AND WORSHIP AND PASTORAL CARE AND OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.2. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN MERTHYR TYDFIL BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.3. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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 total funds increased to £264,011 (2024: £197,137), driven by unrestricted free reserves of £47,922. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £48,113 for the year, with total incoming resources of £335,857 against total expenditure of £268,983.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Paul William Gaskinchair
• Joel Porter
• Neil Rees
• Stephanie Ratcliffe

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

Operates in: Merthyr Tydfil

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CITY HOPE CHURCH LONDON income £465k
• HOPE CHURCH NETWORK income £259k
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• HOPE CHURCH WIRRAL income £132k
• HOPE CHURCH OSWESTRY income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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