VINEYARD CHURCHES UK AND IRELAND

Registered charity 1099748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VCUK, VINEYARD, VINEYARD CHURCHES UK · also registered in Scotland as SC041285 (OSCR)

The advancement of the Christian faith including missionary activities in the United Kingdom and overseas, including, but not limited to, the planting of new churches. This is achieved by planting new churches to provide public Christian worship, propogate Christian beliefs to bring hope and reason to those in need, spread ethical values to society as a whole, and contribute to social action

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £223,310 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,244,416 to £1,021,106. The trustees note that free liquid reserves of £276,070 are below the desired policy target of four months of core expenditure, representing only 2.3 months. Despite this, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie Chartered Accountants. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 2 (FY2024).
• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Audrenneive Alareen Farrell · trustee of 2 other charities
• CLIFFORD JOHN WRIGHT · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLIVE SILLITO · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joanna May Louise Frost
• Prof Nicholas John Harding · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT ADAM BYK

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Audrenneive Alareen Farrell — trustee here and at VINEYARD MUSIC (UK) LIMITED
• CLIVE SILLITO — trustee here and at VINEYARD MUSIC (UK) LIMITED

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

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

• CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH income £132k
• TRINITY VINEYARD CHURCH income £104k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, VINEYARD CHAPEL income £245k
• VIVACITY income £558k
• TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST income £147k
• REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, TRUE VINE CENTRE income £147k

Side by side with its peers

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