EXETER VINEYARD CHURCH

Registered charity 1052898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXETER VINEYARD, VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF EXETER

EDUCATION/TRAININGRELIEF OF POVERTYRELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Objects

1) THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ADN OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATIONS OF CONGREGATIONS. 3) THE RELIEF OF POOR AND NEEDY. 4) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY. 5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £5,920 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £138,025 and total expenditure of £132,105. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £47,807, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £25,000. The trustees confirmed that sufficient unrestricted reserves are held and the charity will continue to operate for the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03149728

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JOHNS, Simon — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• WHITE, Stephen John — director, appointed 30/06/2019on trustee list
• DENTON, Mark Ian — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
• VINALL, David John — director, appointed 09/10/2005on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID JOHN VINALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Ian Denton
• STEPHEN WHITE
• Simon Johns · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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