Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

HOPE CHURCH FERNDOWN

Christian worship including teaching from the Bible, evangelism and prayer.Advancing the Christian faith through pastoral care and provision of facilities to members of society, including those with special needs.Encouraging, supporting and nurturing people in the church community to live out the Christian faith.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
05/04/23£159£192£-33n/a
05/04/22£94£68£25n/a
05/04/21*£126£66£61n/a
05/04/20£164£38£126n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

hopechurchferndown.org.uk

gileswoodcraft@gmail.com

01202892351

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rank Trust - Hope Church, Ferndown
£25,000 21/04/2023
To part fund the Church property scheme
Dorset Community Foundation - East Dorset CAP Centre.
£4,050 06/02/2023
Admin salary for East Dorset CAP Centre

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BARRY ROBINSON Appointed: 2019
  • DAVID ALAN HALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • GILES PETER WOODCRAFT (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • STUART WILLIAM JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2019, number: 1181924
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR21: 47 days late,
Main office

HOPE CHURCH
CORBIN AVENUE
FERNDOWN
BH22 8AZ

Objectives

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN FERNDOWN AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2 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 LIFEPROVIDED 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 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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