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Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £1.6M

  • Spending

    £1.5M

Charity no. 100670 Date registered. 20/03/2015

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flows from our purpose include learning about the Christian faith and how to implement the Christian faith in everyday life, together with giving people a sense of belonging, well being and peace of mind. These benefits are evidenced through monitoring of the number of church members, attendance levels at church services

and organisations as well as feedback from church members. This purpose does not lead to harm. The charities beneficiaries are the people of Northern Ireland both young and old, who want to follow the Christian Religion. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is that the Pastors who work for the Church providing religious and pastoral care receive a remuneration for their services. This enables the Pastors to commit all of their time and efforts to promoting the charities purpose.

What your organisation does

The Church holds and conducts regular public worship services at least 6 times a week,this includes Sunday and Wednesday night services being broadcast live on the internet.There are a number of youth ministries which occur in the Church throughout school term time these include Girls Brigade, Scouts, Spark (youth club for children under 11 years

of age) Impact (youth club for children aged 11–15) Junior Choir, Children’s Church,Creche and numerous Sunday Schools.“The Well” takes place every Saturday throughout the year, this provides a safe environment for young people of the province and local area to meet have fellowship and socialise. The Church has various ministries which take place regularly throughout the year including: The Befrienders ministry offering friendship and encouragement to disabled persons Grief Share is a ministry for those who have been bereaved Men’s and ladies fellowship.The Rock is a ministry for adults The Senior Choir.Blaze Outreach, this is a programme for “The Well” to encourage young people of the province to attend and to follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ Door to Door ministry encourages individuals throughout the province to come to the Tabernacle and share with them the Gospel.The Rainbow Hope Puppet Ministry, they attend youth clubs and schools to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with both children and adults Bus ministry,this provides transport throughout the province to any individual who wishes to attend the Tabernacle’s services.As well as the above there are a number of Bible Study groups and classes which take place within the Church.The Tabernacle has founded and continues to support two great foreign missionary projects one in Ethiopia and one in Kenya.These missions help relieve severe poverty in the local areas by assisting in the provision of food and clothing. In addition the missions help provide religious and secular education to the children and adults of the area and assists in the provision of medical care.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of religion

Who the charity helps

  • General public

How the charity works

  • Religious activities

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£1.6M

Spending

£1.5M

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

For the Purpose of the promotion of the Christian religion according to the precepts beliefs and practices of the said Church (including those declared and contained in any guiding statement of beliefs principles or any other document or documents containing the doctrinal beliefs of the said Church from time to time adhered to by the said Church) and for any purpose considered by the Trustees to be incidental to that purpose provided that the said lands and premises, the rents and profits thereof and the proceeds of any activity or business carried on thereon and any investments, funds or other assets vested in them and the income thereof shall only be applied to purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Northern Ireland from time to time.

Governing document

Trust Deed or Declaration of Trust

Other name

  • 6 Trustees
  • 21 Employees
  • 400 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Geraldine Higgins, Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle, 837-869 Shore Road, Belfast, BT15 4HS

Trustee board

Trustee
Pastor David Purse
Mr Charles Purse
Mr Derek Mcilveen
Mr Alan Cartwright
Mr Ian Mcalees
Pastor Frank Weir

Areas of operation

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya