NEW COMMUNITY NETWORK
Registered charity 1072645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL COUNSELLING & TRAINING SERVICE, COMMUNITY CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON, New Community Church Southampton, ROBERT WILLIS AND VIOLET WILLIS TRUST HOME, SCHOOL OF MINISTRIES, THE CORNERSTONE NETWORK
New Community Network is a christian charity based around the work of New Community Church in Southampton and the surrounding region. Our activities include work in education and the relief of poverty.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £123,522 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,343,634. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, supported by cash reserves of £355,639 and a surplus from its trading subsidiary.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by unclear. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Community Network (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Theo Amer — Senior Leader (source)
- Chris Tuck — Head of Operations (source)
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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£524k
Reported reserves equal ~15.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 41.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alexander Sheen
- CHRISTOPHER NIGEL ROMILLY
- Jonathan Paul Cathie
- Joseph Sargent
- Katherine Barbara Swift
- Sarah Elizabeth Chart
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Burma · Congo · France · Ghana · Hampshire · India · Iraq · Kenya · Nepal · Rwanda · South Africa · Southampton City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEW COMMUNITY NETWORK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £123,522 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £1,343,634. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, supported by cash reserves of £355,639 and a surplus from its trading subsidiary. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by unclear.
Who funds NEW COMMUNITY NETWORK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW COMMUNITY NETWORK as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CROFTON, STUBBINGTON, KING'S LYNN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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