THE BRANCHES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1060870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Church - Services of worship, Bible Study, Prayer, Evangelistic outreach, Community Service and Development, Support of Christian work in other parts of UK and overseas - mostly in Africa and India, Relief of Poverty.

Objects

1)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION 2) TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING AND POVERTY

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash assets of £92,508, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £15,000 (representing six months of running costs). The filing confirms the charity is self-financing with no public appeals and reports a surplus for the year, indicating adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HOWARD CARL SMITHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDY PRINGLE
• Adam Smith
• David Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET SMITH

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

Operates in: Central African Republic · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · France · India · Jamaica · Lancashire · Nigeria · Pakistan · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Uganda

Income and spending

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