THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK

Registered charity 1102676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INCLUSIVE CHURCH.NET

Advocacy and promotion within the Church of England and world-wide church for the full inclusion of all people in the worldwide church, including the threefold order of ordained ministry regardless of ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING THE PRACTICE AND EFFECTS OF THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£52k

Latest spending

£63k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,297 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £66,343, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy of maintaining three months of running costs. The trustees confirmed that financial risks are at a manageable level and did not identify any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability 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: three months running costs (reserves figure: £66k)

“We aim to maintain a balance of at least three months running costs, so that if we ever had to close down, we could do so in an orderly way.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — InclusiveChurch (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Webster
Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
Emily Richardson
Hope Lawrence · trustee of 2 other charities
Meredith Elana Ford
Nicholas David Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Reuben Jenkins · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Alison Mary Kerr · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Andrew Steward Dotchin
Rev Rosalind Elisabeth Rutherford · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Rosemary Jane Morton
Rev Yin-An Chen · trustee of 2 other charities
Sarah Jane Ball
Simon Whitbread

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£52k	£63k
31/12/2024	£47k	£32k
31/12/2023	£52k	£33k
31/12/2022	£49k	£33k
31/12/2021	£38k	£32k

Common questions

Is THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,297 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £66,343, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy of maintaining three months of running costs. The trustees confirmed that financial risks are at a manageable level and did not identify any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK as a grant recipient include ST LAWRENCE JEWRY GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW BRIGHTON ST. JAMES WITH EMMANUEL, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTON.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ST LAWRENCE JEWRY GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL	FY2024	£2k	Charitable donation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY	FY2023	£500	from the proceeds of the Beer Festival
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM	FY2024	£350
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW BRIGHTON ST. JAMES WITH EMMANUEL	FY2023	£125	Direct Contributions from General A/C
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTON	FY2023	amount not stated	National

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£23k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, OAKWOOD	1	£20k
SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY	1	£15k
THE HARPENDEN TRUST	1	£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHEADLE	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAGENHAM	1	£4k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE NETWORK CHURCH income £115k
CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH income £79k
EXETER NETWORK CHURCH income £419k
CHURCH SOCIETY income £301k
CLC INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £158k
THE INCLUDE PROJECT income £170k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK	£52k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NETWORK CHURCH FY2025	£115k	£53,250	1	unclear	—	no doubt
CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH FY2025	£79k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER NETWORK CHURCH FY2025	£419k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCH SOCIETY FY2025	£301k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CLC INTERNATIONAL (UK) FY2026	£158k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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