Registered charity · Ipswich
Hope Church, Ipswich
- 6 trustees
- Income £932k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- Essex, Suffolk
- Website
- www.hopeipswich.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Hope Church, Ipswich
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£932k£835k
- 2024£902k£856k
- 2023£882k£904k
Earlier years
- 2022£695k£653k
- 2021£783k£815k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSIN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH PARTS OF IPSWICH, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN 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.
Grants received
4 grants · £43,300 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £35,000
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £8,300 (3 grants)
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- IAN Little Chair
- Clare Barlow since 2023
- David Sansom since 2015
- Dorothy Cordle since 2016
- Joseph Mcfarland since 2025
- Kenneth Michael since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Sansom since 2015
- Dorothy Cordle since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Clare Barlow since 2023
- David Sansom since 2015
- Dorothy Cordle since 2016
- Joseph Mcfarland since 2025
- Kenneth Michael since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- IAN Little Chair
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.7 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137936
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/08/2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07333161 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473233176 · office@hopechurchipswich.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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