Registered charity · Hampshire
Empower Global
Empower Global is a registered charity (number 1058285) based in Hampshire, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £1.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Family Church, Gosport Family Church, Portsmouth Family Church (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
- Where
- Hampshire, Portsmouth City, Angola, Brazil and more
- Website
- www.family.church (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Empower Global
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.4m
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£1.5m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE PROCLAMATION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD. (II) THE PROMOTION OF THE WORSHIP OF GOD BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL; THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES; AND THE PRINTING, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, MEDIA PRODUCTS AND OTHER RESOURCES. (III) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL NEED, OR OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE INFIRM FOR REASONS OF OLD AGE OR SICKNESS. (IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, MATERIALS AND BURSARIES FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Claire Steyn since 2024
- Elisa Mcintyre since 2024
- Helen Sutherland since 2024
- Mark Donald Charles Ward since 2016
- Sotonye Dokubo since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Donald Charles Ward since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Claire Steyn since 2024
- Elisa Mcintyre since 2024
- Helen Sutherland since 2024
- Mark Donald Charles Ward since 2016
- Sotonye Dokubo since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1058285
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/05/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/01/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/04/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/03/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/03/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15/05/2012 as amended on 25 Jan 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03053642 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 302 0090 · mail@family.church
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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