GOOD SHEPHERD GOSPEL CHURCH

Registered charity 1194675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating @ "Lordswood Community Centre, Sandpiper Road, Southampton SO16 8FD". We are "advancing the Christian faith" by conducting regular Sunday services. We do this by giving information's to the people through church bulletins and "tracts/newsletter" and through website administrations. Also helping people in sickness through prayers and comfort and taking them to other service providers.

Objects

THE CHURCH'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN BELIEFS AND LIFESTYLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIXTY SIX BOOKS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AND THE CHURCH'S STATEMENT OF BELIEFS 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;3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH A WAY 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £96.58 for the period ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £231,096.83. The charity holds significant fixed assets, specifically a church building valued at £389,824.30, which is offset by long-term creditors including a mortgage of £222,087.12. The trustees' report confirms the charity is continuing its activities, including the recent purchase of the church building.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £375k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PASTOR AROKIARAJAN ROBERTchair
• JAYARITABANU AROKIARAJAN
• SASIKALA PRATHEEPAN
• Sivalingam Sivendran

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CROOKHORN.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CROOKHORN income £136k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, COLLIER ROW, ROMFORD income £193k
• SHEPHERD'S VOICE MINISTRIES income £161k
• GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION HALL CHARITY income £131k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, BRIGHTON income £219k
• SHEPHERD DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH income £143k

Side by side with its peers

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