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Verso Vineyard Church Limited

Registered charity 1066846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ALBANS VINEYARD, ST ALBANS VINEYARD CHURCH, THE VINEYARD CHURCH, VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF ST ALBANS

To gather all those who are searching for God, to grow in God's love, and to give it away"In fulfilling these objectives the church holds Christian services, provides educational and training sessions, provides children's and youth activities and performs acts of service and charity within the local community and throughout the world.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £39,827 for the year ended 31 December 2023, following a planned utilization of free reserves to fund strategic projects. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that free unrestricted reserves remained strong at £448,146, representing five months of expenditure, which is above the policy target of three months.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“No employee earned more than £60,000 per annum, except Mr M Helvadjian as disclosed in Note 7 below” — page 35
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 3 months committed expenditure (held: £448k)
“The church aims to hold sufficient funds which are not designated or restricted (i.e. free reserves) to meet 3 months committed expenditure as determined by the current budget less 5% representing uncommitted expenditure.” — page 17
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and senior management
“Related party transactions Donations from trustees’ and other senior management during the year were £32,264 (2022: £21,255). There were no other related party transactions during the year requiring disclosure except as mentioned in note 7.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Feltons, Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£325k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.2m
31/12/2023£1.7m£1.7m
31/12/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2020£1.3m£1.1m

Common questions

Is Verso Vineyard Church Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £39,827 for the year ended 31 December 2023, following a planned utilization of free reserves to fund strategic projects. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that free unrestricted reserves remained strong at £448,146, representing five months of expenditure, which is above the policy target of three months. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Feltons, Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION1£12k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Verso Vineyard Church Limited£2.1m—1above—no doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt
HOPE VINEYARD CHURCH OXFORD FY2025£105k—0above—no doubt
GOD'S VINEYARD MINISTRIES FY2025£760k—0unclear—no doubt
VINE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, VINEYARD CHAPEL FY2025£245k—0above—no doubt

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