NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1043115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARLOW CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST, MCF COMMUNITY CHURCH

To advance the Christian faith. This is achieved by such charitable works as the Trustees may from time to time in their discretion think fit, including the relief of people in need, sickness, hardship or distress, both locally and abroad.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO AID AND FACILITATE THE SPREAD AND PRACTICE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND RELIGION IN MARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE. (2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT OR TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED SICKNESS HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO SUCH PERSONS EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE AGENCY OF OTHER CHARITIES

Area of benefit: MARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF BERKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND ENGLAND AND WALES

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 · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£71k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £71,371 while total charitable expenditure was £87,041, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £149,641, which the trustees note are in excess of their stated policy target of between £10,000 and £12,000. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £10,000 and £12,000 (held: £150k)

“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be between £10,000 and £12,000 in order to meet the short to medium term operating needs.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees, employees or their families made unrestricted donations totalling £29,530.

“During the year under review, trustees, employees or their families made unrestricted donations totalling £29,530 (2023: £18,379).” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Coral Rumble
David Hedges
Gillian Snowden
Grant Syred
Matthew James Sweet

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£71k	£87k
31/12/2024	£67k	£68k
31/12/2023	£57k	£52k
31/12/2022	£57k	£46k
31/12/2021	£38k	£36k

Common questions

Is NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £71,371 while total charitable expenditure was £87,041, resulting in a net deficit for the year. However, unrestricted reserves stood at £149,641, which the trustees note are in excess of their stated policy target of between £10,000 and £12,000. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH income £104k
THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £440k
ENFIELD TOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH income £492k
ELMWOOD CHURCH income £259k
FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH income £136k
NEW COVENANT CHURCH MANCHESTER income £470k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST	£71k	—	above	—	no doubt
NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£104k	Under £50,000	above	—	no doubt
THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£440k	—	below	—	no doubt
ENFIELD TOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£492k	—	above	—	no doubt
ELMWOOD CHURCH FY2025	£259k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£136k	£42,317	unclear	—	no doubt

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