HIGHWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1080002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Christian Church engaged in religious, community and relief activities in Swindon and surrounding villages: providing youth work, local social support, overseas aid and hosting/providing facilities for free training activities, free debt counselling and advice and Foodbank.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN WILTSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF 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 WILTSHIRE 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 WILTSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WILTSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£260k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £74,434 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to the transfer of funds for the CAP Debt Centre activity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds held at year-end were £81,847, with £25,000 specifically designated as reserves to ensure adequate financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure... Of this £25,000 is held specifically to ensure the church holds adequate reserves. (held: £82k)

“At the end of the year, the total unrestricted funds held by the church were £81,847. Of this £25,000 is held specifically to ensure the church holds adequate reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Paul Fisher received £600 remuneration for accommodating an intern.

“One trustee, Paul Fisher, received £600 remuneration as a gift payment for accommodating one of the church interns for 6 months in his home.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Abigale Fisher, a relative of Trustee Paul Fisher, received £750 for mission support.

“During the year, Abigale Fisher received £750 from the church as mission support, to enable her to take a gap year with YWAM (Youth With a Mission). Abigale is a relative of Paul Fisher a Trustee of Highworth Community Church.” — page 21

“One trustee, Paul Fisher, received £600 remuneration as a gift payment for accommodating one of the church interns for 6 months in his home.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Paul Fisher received £600 remuneration for accommodating an intern.

“During the year, Abigale Fisher received £750 from the church as mission support, to enable her to take a gap year with YWAM (Youth With a Mission). Abigale is a relative of Paul Fisher a Trustee of Highworth Community Church.” — page 21

“One trustee, Paul Fisher, received £600 remuneration as a gift payment for accommodating one of the church interns for 6 months in his home.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanna Pearsechair
Paul Mark Gardner
Rebecca West
Richard Christopher Wathen

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£186k	£260k
31/12/2024	£283k	£217k
31/12/2023	£206k	£205k
31/12/2022	£166k	£203k
31/12/2021	£179k	£173k

Common questions

Is HIGHWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £74,434 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to the transfer of funds for the CAP Debt Centre activity. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds held at year-end were £81,847, with £25,000 specifically designated as reserves to ensure adequate financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
REGIONS BEYOND UK	1	£13k
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 929	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HIGHWORTH WITH SEVENHAMPTON AND INGLESHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HIGHWORTH WITH SEVENHAMPTON AND INGLESHAM income £169k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HIGH WYCOMBE ST ANDREW income £833k
CLINTON'S GIFT income £112k
THE HIGHTOWER CHURCH income £112k
THE WELL CHURCH, NORTH SWINDON income £262k
GATEWAY CHURCH SWINDON income £545k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HIGHWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH	£186k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HIGHWORTH WITH SEVENHAMPTON AND INGLESHAM FY2024	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HIGH WYCOMBE ST ANDREW FY2025	£833k	—	within	—	no doubt
CLINTON'S GIFT FY2024	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HIGHTOWER CHURCH FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WELL CHURCH, NORTH SWINDON FY2024	£262k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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