THE ELEVATION CHURCH UK

Registered charity 1195403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's Object which is to be carried out for the public benefit is the advancement of the Christian faith worldwide.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECT (“THE OBJECT”) WHICH IS TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE THROUGH (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH):- THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE SAME;BROADCASTING FAITH BASED MESSAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC AND TEACHING NATURE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE UK. THIS ALSO INCLUDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE SOCIAL WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE; AND 6.1.3 HOLDING EVENTS, CREATING AND CIRCULATING RESOURCES AIMED AT EMPOWERING THE GENERAL BODY OF CHRIST AND SUPPORT OTHER CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES WITH DEDICATED RESOURCES FOR MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES.THE OBJECT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 8 BELOW.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £609,294 against total payments of £544,613, resulting in a net surplus of £64,681 for the year. Total net assets increased to £333,386, comprising unrestricted funds of £233,386 and restricted funds of £100,000. The financial statements were prepared on a cash basis and underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abraham Ayodele Oni
• Oluwatosin Abosede Babalola
• Pastor Opeolu Owotomo Awolesi

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EGLISE EN MISSION CHURCH.

• EGLISE EN MISSION CHURCH income £197k
• GRACE CHURCH COVENTRY income £110k
• EASTLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH income £469k
• DOME OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £129k
• THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE TRUE JESUS CHURCH, UNITED KINGDOM income £2.9m
• THE C3 CHURCH income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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