ALLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 1049403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABC, ALLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH

ABC is a community of evangelical Christians engaging in the worship of God; furthering the gospel of Jesus Christ; advancing the Christian faith; serving one another, the local community and the world through Christian education and missions; and relieving hardship, supporting those who are aged, infirm, sick or distressed. For further information, please refer to the church website.

Objects

(A)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (B)TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESSS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (C)TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: KENT AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £21,657.24 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves held at £58,187.82. The trustees consider sufficient funds are held in reserve to cover potential dilapidations or unforeseen employment costs, and the independent examiner confirmed the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA MITCHELL
• CAROLINE LISE ROCHE
• JOHN HAMISH LAMBERT
• Jane Lesley McCarthy
• MARTYN ALEXANDER COLLEY
• Margaret Knee

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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