HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, PLYMOUTH

Registered charity 1187113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and to make Him known. Activities include the hosting of worship and teaching services, the provision of various activites for children and familes; also elderly people. In addtion the church provides outreach services into the community such as poverty relief in the provision of food to homeless and poorer families and debt advice.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION.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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus of £52,752 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven largely by a £40,000 legacy. The total net assets stood at £1,090,433, with unrestricted funds of £1,078,368, while the Emergency Operating Reserve remained at £34,000, in line with the policy target of two months' operating costs. The trustees acknowledge a key risk regarding dependency on income sources in a recessionary economic climate.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Paying staff
• 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 (21/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Luke Mansfieldchair
• Catherine Caird
• Gillian Beryl Knight
• JOHN TREVOR COLE
• Jean Potter · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kathryn Joy Dixon
• Rev Jonathan Stephen Bush
• Robert Dymond
• Suzanne Dixon
• Zoe Lane

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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