GRACE TRUST (BRISTOL)

Registered charity 1094803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRACE CHURCH BRISTOL

We are a church charity that exists for the advancement of the Christian faith and the worship of God in the South West region of the UK. The preaching and proclamation of the Christian gospel and teaching of Christian doctrine and principles and the pastoral care of Christian people. The relief of persons who are in a condition of need, hardship, distress or who are aged or sick.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE UNDERWRITTEN FIRST SCHEDULE, THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL AND ELSEWHERE BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BRISTOL AND ELSEWHERE

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £173,879.26 against total expenses of £176,112.63, resulting in a net deficit of £2,233.37. The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted funds of approximately £5,000 to cover emergency situations. No material fund deficits were reported.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Sussexchair
• Matthew Dylan Chapman
• PETER JOHN BOWLEY
• Timothy James Hacker
• Tom Haigh

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Belarus · Bristol City · Croatia · Italy · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED.

• GRACE BAPTIST CHARITIES LIMITED income £226k
• GRACE BAPTIST TRUST CORPORATION income £619k
• GRACE CHURCH COVENTRY income £110k
• THE GRACE CHURCH HACKNEY TRUST income £150k
• GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH, EDENBRIDGE income £120k
• GRACE BAPTIST PARTNERSHIP income £262k

Side by side with its peers

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