HEADLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1095819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY CHURCH

Local Community Church providing both worship and practical support for all those living in the Headley Down and surrounding area. The Church also runs a Food Bank along with a midweek lunch, Friday "Coffee Time" mornings, a "Chatterboxes Craft Club" and Homegroups.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL PERMIT THE SAID LAND BUILDINGS AND PREMISES TO BE USED OCCUPIED AND ENJOYED AS A CHURCH OR PLACE OR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY A CONGREGATION OF PROTESTANTS ACTING ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY CHURCH IDEA AS SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO AND FOR PUBLIC AND OTHER MEETINGS AND SERVICES HELD ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS AND FOR RECREATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID COMMUNITY CHURCH OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS. ALSO FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS PHILANTHROPIC EDUCATIONAL OR RECREATIVE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Area of benefit: THE SAID LAND, IE: THE PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE PARISH OF HEADLEY, SOUTHAMPTON BEING PART OF ALLOTMENT NO. 89.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £35,290 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total net assets increasing to £364,018. The trustees note that the church remains solvent, supported by a Treasurer who has 'kept the Church solvent' and maintained adequate reserves across its General, Food Bank, and Building funds.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Gladys Elizabeth Kniftonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catharine Mary Russell
• Paul Edward Chiles
• Paul Whitley
• Peter David Knifton

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEADLEY PARK CHURCH.

• HEADLEY PARK CHURCH income £274k
• BONNY DOWNS BAPTIST CHURCH income £175k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP & ST JAMES, ODD DOWN, BATH & WELLS income £296k
• CHURCHDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £203k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH income £724k
• NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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