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.

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Largest income source: Standing Orders (21% of income)

“Standing Orders £22,027”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£106k	£71k
31/12/2024	£100k	£85k
31/12/2023	£118k	£88k
31/12/2022	£101k	£77k
31/12/2021	£104k	£50k

Common questions

Is HEADLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/12/2023	£20k	Headley Down Food Bank

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 PHILIP & ST JAMES, ODD DOWN, BATH & WELLS.

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 £635k
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON income £1.1m
HEADINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £358k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FERNDOWN income £821k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEADLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP & ST JAMES, ODD DOWN, BATH & WELLS FY2024	£296k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCHDOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£203k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COMBE DOWN, BATH FY2024	£635k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON FY2025	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
HEADINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£358k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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