Maranatha Community Church (Wiltshire)

Registered charity 1061916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARANATHA COMMUNTIY CHURCH (WILTSHIRE)

Maranatha is part of the Church of Jesus Christ. Our primary aim is to serve God. Besides meeting together to worship and deepen our relationships with God, this also involves serving & helping people. We have a particular focus on supporting the Paxcroft Mead area in Trowbridge but also support Christian works around the UK and in other countries.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN WILTSHIRE

Area of benefit: WILTSHIRE

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 total income for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £47,802, while total expenditure was £44,056, resulting in a surplus of £3,746. The document notes that income from tithes and offerings increased by 2.79% compared to the previous year, whereas expenditure rose by 23.47% primarily due to gifts and evangelism activities. The charity holds unrestricted funds in bank accounts totaling £112,486 at the end of the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEREMY ANDREW FRANCISchair
• Anthony Oliver
• DAVID JOHN LEWIS LAW
• GAIE RACHEL MARSHALL
• JANET ANNE FRANCIS

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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