CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (WINLATON)

Registered charity 1048202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Activities to relieve suffering, distress & poverty via ourselves & other outlets. Help to RBC Ministries/Gt. Nth. Air Ambulance/Unicef/Barnabus Fund & Various other Charities plus Disaster requests.Human resources & Church space (disability ok!) available to community for advocacy, advice & leisure. Church Services:- general, weekly Am; 1st Pm monthly at nearby sheltered housing complex.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£97k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 was £52,635.78, with total expenditure of £51,676.38, resulting in a closing unrestricted fund balance of £959.40. The charity's reserves policy targets keeping £2,000 in unrestricted reserves to cover building operating costs or emergencies. Per the trustees' report, the charity is currently in a phase of foundation building and fundraising for urgent building repairs, noting challenges related to inconsistent funding and limited resources for expansion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 2-3 months' funds covering building operating costs or unforeseen emergencies, equating to £2000 unrestricted reserves (held: £959)

“keeping 2-3 months' funds that will cover the building operating costs or any unforeseen emergencies. This equates to f2000 unrestricted reserves at any time.” — page 7

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.

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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

KENNETH DELLOW
Pamela Cook
Samuel Allport

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£97k	£88k
31/08/2024	£80k	£74k
31/08/2023	£123k	£139k
31/08/2022	£61k	£32k
31/08/2021	£49k	£26k

Common questions

Is CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (WINLATON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 was £52,635.78, with total expenditure of £51,676.38, resulting in a closing unrestricted fund balance of £959.40. The charity's reserves policy targets keeping £2,000 in unrestricted reserves to cover building operating costs or emergencies. Per the trustees' report, the charity is currently in a phase of foundation building and fundraising for urgent building repairs, noting challenges related to inconsistent funding and limited resources for expansion. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/11/2025	£19k	Cornerstone of the Community

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 EVELYN TRUST	1	£50k

Charities like this

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

CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
CORNERSTONE CHURCH (OXFORD) income £127k
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE income £122k
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £45k
CORNERSTONE BUILDING TRUST income £32k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (WINLATON)	£97k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH (OXFORD) FY2025	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE FY2025	£122k	—	below	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£45k	—	above	—	no doubt

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