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

Grant maker 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 a grant maker 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
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
05/04/23		£159,044	£192,414	£-33,370	12
05/04/22		£93,661	£68,264	£25,397	15
05/04/21	*	£126,156	£65,515	£60,641	10
05/04/20		£164,096	£38,188	£125,908	25

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

hopechurchferndown.org.uk

gileswoodcraft@gmail.com

01202892351

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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

GILES PETER WOODCRAFT (Chair) Appointed: 2019

STUART WILLIAM JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2019

DAVID ALAN HALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

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.

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