HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1201948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church advances religion by the preaching of the Gospel, public worship within the buildings wherethe church meets, organised Bible studies, prayer meetings, children's and youth groups, women'sgroups, men's groups, evangelistic events, courses for those who want to know more about the Christianfaith, seasonal events and services, and meeting needs within the community.

Objects

3.1. THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN CAMBRIDGE, FULBOURN, TEVERSHAM, CHERRY HINTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA; AND3.1.2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position with healthy reserves to support future ministry, having completed a transition to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The charity holds unrestricted reserves significantly above its stated policy target of three months of annual expenditure, supported by steady giving and rental income. Despite the departure of its full-time pastor, core ministries were maintained and the charity reports confidence for ongoing operations.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elizabeth Taylor
• Graham Beynon
• Rebecca Anna Kate Wylie
• Steven William Mason
• Timothy Nolan

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AINTREE income £158k
• HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE income £192k
• HOPE CHURCH (UK) income £132k
• HOPE CHURCH GAINSBOROUGH income £122k
• Hope Community Church income £608k
• HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH STOURBRIDGE income £528k

Side by side with its peers

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