AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH

Registered charity 1064215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VALE OF AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Normal church activities including Sunday services, children's work, homegroups, outreach into the community and a ministry which provides furniture, clothing and food to those in need.

Objects

1. THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION; 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATION OF CONGREGATION; 3. THE RELIEF OF THE 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 SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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

Latest income

£614k

Latest spending

£656k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £41,936 for the year ended 31 August 2025, which decreased total unrestricted reserves to £730,232. The trustees confirm that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments, with no material uncertainties impacting the going concern assessment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The majority of the income for the Charity consists of donations, either regular or one-off, from congregation members.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months ongoing cash expenditure – approximately £131,000 (held: £730k)

“It is the intention of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted assets not tied up in fixed assets or servicing debt equating to three months ongoing cash expenditure – approximately £131,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: J Tweats received total remuneration of £48,391.

“During the current year, one Trustee, J Tweats received total remuneration of £48,391 (2024: £47,971), as permitted under clause 4 of the Memorandum of Association.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£614k

Total spending

£656k

Reserves (reported)

£156k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

James Andrew Tweatschair
Helen Medley
Iain Livingstone
Jacqueline Suzanne East
Jonathan Mark Harland
SHERIDEN MARGARET HANSON
Samuel Oppong

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£614k	£656k
31/08/2024	£680k	£694k
31/08/2023	£739k	£700k
31/08/2022	£779k	£664k
31/08/2021	£753k	£799k

Common questions

Is AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £41,936 for the year ended 31 August 2025, which decreased total unrestricted reserves to £730,232. The trustees confirm that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments, with no material uncertainties impacting the going concern assessment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£10k	Storehouse Food Bank (Covid response)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST SUFFOLK VINEYARD CHURCH.

WEST SUFFOLK VINEYARD CHURCH income £372k
CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH income £132k
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH income £101k
SW LONDON VINEYARD income £621k
SUTTON VINEYARD income £543k
RIVERSIDE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH	£614k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WEST SUFFOLK VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£372k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SW LONDON VINEYARD FY2025	£621k	£70,000 - £79,000	1	above	—	no doubt
SUTTON VINEYARD FY2025	£543k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.