STRONGPOINT

Registered charity 1191403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian outreach, partnering other charities at home and overseas. Online and in person church worship

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GATESHEAD AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND TEACHING.B) EXPRESSIONS OF PRACTICAL CARE AND SUPPORT THAT PROMOTE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR BACKGROUND.2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£98k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £26,002 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £44,387. The trustees consider these reserves to be below their stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no borrowings and an independent examiner's report confirming no material issues.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

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: 25

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

Volunteers: 25

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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Strongpoint / Chowdene Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

AUDREY WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Latimer
Christopher David Suddes MBA, FCILT
June Allport
STUART HANN

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£98k	£72k
31/12/2024	£94k	£76k
31/12/2023	£126k	£364k
31/12/2022	£111k	£43k
31/12/2021	£14k	£15k

Common questions

Is STRONGPOINT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £26,002 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £44,387. The trustees consider these reserves to be below their stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no borrowings and an independent examiner's report confirming no material issues. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds STRONGPOINT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STRONGPOINT as a grant recipient include THE JOICEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOICEY TRUST	FY2025	£1k

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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, TOOTING GRAVENEY	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

FOUNT income £89k
CHRIST IMPACT CHAPEL income £74k
NORTHPOINT WELLBEING LIMITED income £12.9m
TAKING GROUND income £118k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
DORKING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £36k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STRONGPOINT	£98k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FOUNT FY2025	£89k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST IMPACT CHAPEL FY2026	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHPOINT WELLBEING LIMITED FY2025	£12.9m	—	9	unclear	—	no doubt
TAKING GROUND FY2025	£118k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2025	£167k	£40,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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