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Registered charity · Lancaster

Hope Church, Lancaster

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £196k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Religious Activities
Where
Lancashire, Bulgaria
Website
www.hopelancaster.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£196k£182k
  • 2023£118k£170k
  • 2022£111k£135k
Earlier years
  • 2021£142k£81k
  • 2020£107k£81k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE IN LANCASTER OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, DISCIPLINES AND USAGES OF THAT CHURCH FOR THE TIME BEING AS SET FORTH IN THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

Grants received

1 grant · £50,000 total

360Giving 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

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.

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£196k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
518178
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 9 JANUARY 1984 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 9 MARCH 2000 as amended on 09 Nov 2017
Contact on the register
01524 841941 · info@hopelancaster.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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