VERBUM DEI COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1007825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VERBUM DEI

Scripture-based prayer groupsEncounters and RetreatsMarried couples and family encountersSpiritual and Catechetical FormationSpiritual Accompaniment and Vocational DiscernmentWe are also working with some Diocese as University Chaplains and Catechetical Coordinators

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.

Area of benefit: CARISBROOKE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The trustees consider the financial situation of the community to be satisfactory. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Fixed assets are recorded at a net book value of zero, and the only debtor noted is income tax recoverable.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of London · Haringey · Isle Of Wight · Italy · Reading · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£154k£175k
31/12/2023£153k£153k
31/12/2022£162k£139k
31/12/2021£117k£112k
31/12/2020£126k£163k

Common questions

Is VERBUM DEI COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The trustees consider the financial situation of the community to be satisfactory. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Fixed assets are recorded at a net book value of zero, and the only debtor noted is income tax recoverable. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MARPLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VERBUM DEI COMMUNITY£154k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MARPLE FY2025£374k—0above—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST FRANCIS, BARCOMBE FY2025£149k——unclear—no doubt
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH, EDENBRIDGE FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRECIOUS PEOPLE PARISH FY2026£460k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.