THE GOLDTHORPE PARISH CHURCH BUILDING TRUST

Registered charity 1057631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLDTHORPE PARISH CHURCH BUILDING TRUST

Preservation and Maintenance of Goldthorpe Parish Church

Objects

1. THE RESTORATION OF PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN AND SAINT MARY MAGDALENE GOLDTHORPE ("THE CHURCH") IN THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD. 2. TO RESTORE PRESERVE REPAIR MAINTAIN IMPROVE BEAUTIFY AND RECONSTRUCT THE CHURCH AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE IN THE EVENT OF THE CHURCH BEING MADE REDUNDANT OR OTHERWISE CEASING TO BE USED REGULARLY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF GOLDTHORPE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £19,390, which represents a net increase from the previous year's £16,384. The charity reports no employees and has no stated reserves policy target, though it holds cash at bank of £45,253 against current liabilities of £25,863. The trustees note that they have no outgoings for trustee expenses due to their generosity, indicating low operational overheads.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Carl Richard Schaefer SSCchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARRIE SHIPGOOD
• DENIS HAYS
• Rev ALLEN BRISCOE
• SUSAN COPESTAKE

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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