THE PARISH OF OXCLOSE, OXCLOSE CHURCH

Registered charity 1201922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE FAMILY CHURCH WASHINGTON

Oxclose Church (AKA Hope Family Church) is the local parish church for Oxclose, Washington, Tyne and Wear. We serve the people of our community through the operations of a local church, through caring for the spiritual, emotional, and practical wellbeing of all in our community.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £11,768 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total cash funds from £32,896 to £21,128. The trustees have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination.

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 2 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 risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gavin Rushtonchair
• COLIN FOZZARD
• DEBORAH FOZZARD
• GRACE SIDNEY
• Kevin McLernon
• Lorraine Patterson
• Shelia Walton

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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

• HOPE CHURCH OSWESTRY income £221k
• HOPE VINEYARD CHURCH OXFORD income £105k
• HOPE CHURCH ORPINGTON income £1.2m
• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
• SOUTH OXHEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £118k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOPE CENTRE income £169k

Side by side with its peers

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