ROMNEY MARSH COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1075784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSTARD SEED RM, ROMNEY MARSH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, THE AGAPE COUNSELLING SERVICE

Conduct of church servicesYouth groups catering for all ages of children and young personsWorking with community groups to help those in needSupporting mission overseas both financially and by sending teams abroadWorking alongside local schools

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTISE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-(A) TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WORSHIP AND GLORIFY GOD AND BECOME DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST.(B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE PROMOTION OF EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL MISSION.(2) TO CARRY ON SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: KENT

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 · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Folkestone and Hythe, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a surplus of £32,286 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £459,494. The trustees state they do not believe it is appropriate to make specific financial provision for future liabilities, indicating a lack of a formal reserves policy target. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 31/12/2025, 61 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 20/01/2025, 81 days after the 31/10/2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03719704 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• MORRELL, Keren Elizabeth — director, appointed 22/02/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL STEPHEN KINGchair
• Keren Morrell
• NICHOLAS PETER BARRATT

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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