RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1013545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIVERSIDE VINEYARD, RVCF

Providing a place for worship, training and outreach as a church based in Feltham but serving a wide area. Involvement in a wide range of activities designed to meet the needs of local communities such as refugees and asylum seekers. The work includes groups for mothers and babies, a storehouse ministry providing food and clothing and work with youth.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£990k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded expenditure, resulting in a surplus of £57,109 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £144,027, which the trustees consider sufficient for ongoing operations, representing approximately 2.36 months of unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee earned between £60,000 - £70,000 during the year” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four weeks expenditure (held: £144k)

“The policy on reserves is to hold a level of operating cash equivalent to a minimum of four weeks expenditure” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: A P Chapman received £60,507 remuneration as Senior Pastor.

“Mr A P Chapman, a Director and Trustee, received remuneration as permitted by the Charity’s governing document in his role as Senior Pastor of £60,507 (2024: £60,226) in the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to spouse of Trustee

“During the year B R Chapman, wife of Trustee A P Chapman, received remuneration in employment of her work of £16,410 (2024: £15,217) including Employer’s NI and Employer’s pension contribution.” — page 24

“During the year Riverside Vineyard received £63,061 (2024: £62,871) in donations from its Trustees, before gift aid.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees

“During the year B R Chapman, wife of Trustee A P Chapman, received remuneration in employment of her work of £16,410 (2024: £15,217) including Employer’s NI and Employer’s pension contribution.” — page 24

“During the year Riverside Vineyard received £63,061 (2024: £62,871) in donations from its Trustees, before gift aid.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants to affiliated body

“During the year B R Chapman, wife of Trustee A P Chapman, received remuneration in employment of her work of £16,410 (2024: £15,217) including Employer’s NI and Employer’s pension contribution.” — page 24

“During the year Riverside Vineyard received £63,061 (2024: £62,871) in donations from its Trustees, before gift aid.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Andy Black — Chair of Trustees (source)
Ash Blewett — Executive Pastor (source)
Rob Winmill — Associate Pastor (source)
Beth Heskin — Youth Pastor / Staines Site Pastor (source)
Tatiane Belo — Feltham Site Pastor (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£990k

Cost of raising funds

£19k

Reserves (reported)

£144k

Employees

20

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/10/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW SIMON BLACKchair
AMANDA IWEANYA
ANDREW PAUL CHAPMAN
Dr Sandra Nwokeoha
JOSHUA ACHENE · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Grant Chivers
Ololade Olufunmilola Ogunsi

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.1m	£990k
31/08/2024	£973k	£931k
31/08/2023	£972k	£823k
31/08/2022	£814k	£698k
31/08/2021	£668k	£610k

Common questions

Is RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded expenditure, resulting in a surplus of £57,109 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £144,027, which the trustees consider sufficient for ongoing operations, representing approximately 2.36 months of unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Who funds RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP as a grant recipient include THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Foundation Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Hounslow	18/07/2024	£1k	Grant to Riverside Vineyard Christian Fellowship
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/11/2005	£157k	Children's Storehouse

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 OAKDALE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SALISBURY VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

THE SALISBURY VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £213k
VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (THE CHURCH) IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ASSEMBLIES OF GOD income £174k
FAITH&VICTORY CHURCH income £397k
AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH income £614k
THE WHARFEDALE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £357k
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ('RCCG') VICTORY CENTRE FOR ALL NATIONS income £175k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SALISBURY VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (THE CHURCH) IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FY2025	£174k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
FAITH&VICTORY CHURCH FY2025	£397k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£614k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WHARFEDALE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£357k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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