RIVERSIDE CHURCH TRUST
Registered charity 1099487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIVERSIDE CHURCH
To advance the Christian faith;... for full details, see our Accounts, or website
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a significant overall deficit for the year, with unrestricted reserves decreasing from £692,064 to £429,550. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains financially stable with healthy reserves and adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months (held: £430k)
“Our policy is to hold unrestricted cash reserves necessary to cover running costs for four months in the event of a major variation of circumstances.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- MCLACHLAN, Gregor — director, appointed 21/06/2024on trustee list
- ABNETT, Thomas — director, appointed 09/01/2023on trustee list
- PUMPHREY, Rachel Mary — director, appointed 07/11/2022on trustee list
- TOMLINSON, James, Dr — director, appointed 08/06/2020on trustee list
- WALDRAM, Michael Andrew — director, appointed 11/02/2019not on trustee list
- WALDRAM, Mike — director, appointed 11/02/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £153k. 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
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (20/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Thomas Abnettchair
- Dr James Tomlinson
- Gregor McLachlan
- Mike Waldram
- Rachel Pumphrey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Guatemala · Mexico · Romania · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RIVERSIDE CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a significant overall deficit for the year, with unrestricted reserves decreasing from £692,064 to £429,550. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains financially stable with healthy reserves and adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
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