HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER

1. HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER 2014-10-06 → present
2. WINCHESTER FAMILY CHURCH 2009-01-29 → 2014-10-06

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Knight Goodhead Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. HOPE CHURCH WINCHESTER · parent
   1. HCW Facilities Management Ltd 100% · England and Wales · manages and hires out the property owned by the Church, deals with the hiring of church facilities to third parties

Significant events

• “A property impairment of £1,057,568 was made to reduce the freehold property value to £3.5m due to an existing use valuation by CBRE in January 2025.”
• “Three new Trustees were appointed in the year to widen demographic and skill base.”
• “Peter Smith passed the baton as Chair to Charlie Pate in September 2025 after about 20 years in that role.”
• “The Memorial fund for Ben O'Brien Hope Street Café was set up following his death.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +43.6%

  £69,574 → £99,907

• Cash

  +3.1%

  £344,866 → £355,687

• Net assets

  -19.6%

  £4,957,117 → £3,984,415

• Employees

  +9.5%

  21 → 23

• Operating profit

  +108.4%

  £35,814 → £74,620

• Profit before tax

  +94.3%

  £43,687 → £84,866

• Wages

  +16.4%

  £403,111 → £469,089

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers