THE CAPERNWRAY MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP OF TORCHBEARERS

Registered charity 1073139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAPERNWRAY HALL, TORCHBEARERS

The Charity offers short-term Bible School courses and Christian holidays and conferences at Capernwray Hall in North Lancashire.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £10,021 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable activity costs exceeding incoming resources. The trustees report that free reserves amounted to £1,070,779, which is above the stated policy target of holding three months of normal overhead costs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Brian Wickens — Managing Director (source)
• Derek Burnside — Bible School Principal (source)
• Forest Paget — Holiday and Volunteer Programmes Director (source)
• Heather Tallents — Human Resources and Administration Director (source)
• Jayne Pugh — Marketing and External Relations Director (source)
• Mike Gregory — Finance and Operations Director (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)

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)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Louise FIRTHchair
• Diane Patricia MOSS
• Helen Nora ARMBRUSTER
• Jane Meryl SHOWELL-ROGERS
• Kevin Ashman
• Mark Christopher Styants
• Noel Henry LAVERY
• Rev Alan Richard Wadsworth · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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