CROYDON TABERNACLE

Registered charity 1070276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAITH GROWTH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

CHURCH ACTIVITIESCOMMUNITY AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES (EG: FEEDING THE HOMELESS)COUNSELLING AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING GIN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE COUNTIES OF SURREY AND GREATER LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PART SOF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTIES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTIES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SURREY AND GREATER LONDON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£282k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £988,096, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining three months of annual expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The charity reported a net income surplus of £97,739 for the year, indicating stable financial operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary Income (100% of income)
“The charity's principal source of funding is voluntary giving by members of the congregation, principally through offerings and tithes.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately three months of annual expenditure (reserves figure: £988k)
“The Trustees have established a reserves policy under which the charity seeks to maintain free reserves at a level equivalent to approximately three months of annual expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 45

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 45

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/11/2023, 1 day after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£282k£185k
31/12/2024£213k£167k
31/12/2023£322k£201k
31/12/2022£226k£201k
31/12/2021£228k£153k

Common questions

Is CROYDON TABERNACLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £988,096, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining three months of annual expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The charity reported a net income surplus of £97,739 for the year, indicating stable financial operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RCCG REDHILL TABERNACLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CROYDON TABERNACLE£282k——above—no doubt
RCCG REDHILL TABERNACLE FY2025£86k—0above—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD WORSHIP TABERNACLE FY2025£59k—0within—no doubt
CHRIST FAITH TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£2.4m—1above—no doubt
CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£891k—1unclear—no doubt
TRINITY ACTIVITIES FY2025£780k—0below—no doubt

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