TAUNTON VINEYARD CHURCH

Registered charity 1086731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAUNTON VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Relief of poverty, Christian teaching and worship. Service to the community of Taunton, Somerset. Support of UK based and overseas Christian work.

Objects

I. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATIONS OR CONGREGATIONS;II. THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY;III. THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY;IV. THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION;V. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE TAUNTON DEANE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £70,948 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £147,041. Per the trustees' report, the financial position continues to support current and expected expenditure, and the charity maintains general reserves of £50,000. The entity is exempt from audit under small companies provisions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure, less the costs of mission, conferences, or any capital costs or purchases (held: £50k)

“Our general reserves are held at £50,000. This is calculated as being 3 months expenditure, less the costs of mission, conferences, or any capital costs or purchases.” — page 4

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04159068 · 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.

HABGOOD, Amanda — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
HIGGINBOTHAM, Jamie Matthew — director, appointed 21/11/2021on trustee list
COTTEY, Brenda Mary — director, appointed 21/11/2019on trustee list
WEBB, Nicholas Jeffrey — director, appointed 26/03/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £245k. 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas Jeffrey Webbchair
Amanda Habgood
Brenda Cottey
Jamie Higginbotham

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£147k	£120k
31/08/2024	£150k	£102k
31/08/2023	£140k	£114k
31/08/2022	£121k	£105k
31/08/2021	£148k	£136k

Common questions

Is TAUNTON VINEYARD CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £70,948 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £147,041. Per the trustees' report, the financial position continues to support current and expected expenditure, and the charity maintains general reserves of £50,000. The entity is exempt from audit under small companies provisions. 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
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	1	£78k
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION	1	£10k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYNESIDE VINEYARD.

TYNESIDE VINEYARD income £445k
SUTTON VINEYARD income £543k
TEESSIDE VINEYARD CHURCH income £250k
AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH income £614k
BOGNOR VINEYARD income £154k
TRENT VINEYARD income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TAUNTON VINEYARD CHURCH	£147k	—	within	—	no doubt
TYNESIDE VINEYARD FY2025	£445k	—	below	—	no doubt
SUTTON VINEYARD FY2025	£543k	—	above	—	no doubt
TEESSIDE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLESBURY VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025	£614k	—	above	—	no doubt
BOGNOR VINEYARD FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt

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