GLOUCESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1010032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOUCESTER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCHES

Further the Christian faith by running a local church and related activities in and around Gloucester.

Objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. (2)THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. (3)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£148k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity plans to close during the next financial year as part of a move to a newly established CIO. Per the trustees' report, the charity reported a net movement in funds of (28,372) GBP for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of 359,362 GBP. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Plan to close this charitable trust during the next financial year as part of move to newly established CIO” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Matthew James Wisbeychair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan Peter Shaw
James Leslie Wood
Jonathan Peter Bennett
Jonathan Philip Smith
Susan Patricia Shaw

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£130k	£148k
31/12/2024	£125k	£101k
31/12/2023	£110k	£121k
31/12/2022	£92k	£102k
31/12/2021	£84k	£104k

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity plans to close during the next financial year as part of a move to a newly established CIO. Per the trustees' report, the charity reported a net movement in funds of (28,372) GBP for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of 359,362 GBP. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BLOCKLEY WITH ASTON MAGNA	1	£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY STAPLETON BRISTOL	1	£10k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	1	£9k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL	1	£900
MINCHINHAMPTON WITH BOX PCC	1	£294

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY CHURCH GLOUCESTER.

CITY CHURCH GLOUCESTER income £151k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER income £212k
GOLDEN VALLEY CHURCH GLOUCESTER TRUST income £166k
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £266k
THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO income £124k
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe income £275k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GLOUCESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH	£130k	—	unclear	—	noted
CITY CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOLDEN VALLEY CHURCH GLOUCESTER TRUST FY2025	£166k	—	above	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025	£266k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL CIO FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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