HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE

Registered charity 1198709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public worship, prayer, Bible study, preaching, teachingBaptism, celebration of CommunionEvangelism and mission, locally, nationally and internationallyPastoral care, teaching, encouragement, welcome and inclusionNurture of Christian disciplesEducation and training to engage in Community Service compatible with the Christian faithSupporting charitable social action

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION; ANDB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CARRYING OUT OF 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.

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Latest income

£158k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £14,610 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £158,435 against total expenditure of £143,825. The trustees report that the charity maintains a reserve fund intended to cover three months of budgeted establishment salary costs, and they express confidence that the current reserve size will financially protect the organisation. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the budgeted establishment salary costs (held: £20k)

“The trustees have agreed to maintain a sum of money in the Reserve Fund approximately equivalent to three months of the budgeted establishment salary costs.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher John Wells
HOWARD LEIGHTON TURPIN
Kevin Christopher James Ainscough
Myra Doddridge
Rev Glyn Stephen Thomas
Susan Margaret CROPPER

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£158k	£144k
31/12/2024	£158k	£131k
31/12/2023	£178k	£190k
31/12/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £14,610 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £158,435 against total expenditure of £143,825. The trustees report that the charity maintains a reserve fund intended to cover three months of budgeted establishment salary costs, and they express confidence that the current reserve size will financially protect the organisation. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k
BANBURY CHARITIES	1	£36k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH STOURBRIDGE.

HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH STOURBRIDGE income £528k
HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CHAPEL income £246k
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD income £203k
BANBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £245k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH STOURBRIDGE FY2025	£528k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CHAPEL FY2025	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD FY2025	£203k	£41,688	unclear	—	no doubt
BANBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£245k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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