Hope Church Truro

Registered charity 1191260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRURO EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN TRURO AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO; THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISIBILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED ADN AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

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 · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£134k

Latest spending

£68k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £16,054, which is above the stated policy target of £13,600. The charity reported total income of £71,124 against total expenditure of £62,615, resulting in a surplus for the year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters had come to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of the pastor's salary and expenses, rental of the community hall where we meet for worship, plus our missionary giving and bookkeeping fees (reserves figure: £16k)

“The church has a policy for holding reserves equivalent to 3 months of the pastor's salary and expenses, rental of the community hall rvhere we meet for worship, plus our missionary giving and bookkeeping fees, as a safety net to ensure these prime responsibilities can be paid. This amounts to f 13 600.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The Pastor is a trustee and receives remuneration but not for work as a trustee.

“Our Pastor is a trustee and receives remuneration but not for work as a trustee.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 19

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Nicholas Jonathon Fullerchair
Dr William Marshall Woodward
Ian Miles Conrad Leedham
Patrick Buckley

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£134k	£68k
31/12/2024	£71k	£63k
31/12/2023	£56k	£58k
31/12/2022	£65k	£63k
31/12/2021	£94k	£99k

Common questions

Is Hope Church Truro financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £16,054, which is above the stated policy target of £13,600. The charity reported total income of £71,124 against total expenditure of £62,615, resulting in a surplus for the year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters had come to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
REGIONS BEYOND UK	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IOH.

IOH income £42k
GREAT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH income £76k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
The City Church income £667k
LIFESPRING CHURCH WHITEHILL AND BORDON income £60k
CREATED: CHURCH income £315k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Hope Church Truro	£134k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
IOH FY2026	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£76k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025	£781k	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
The City Church FY2025	£667k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LIFESPRING CHURCH WHITEHILL AND BORDON FY2026	£60k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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