FRIENDS OF BURPHAM CHURCH

Registered charity 1103789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FBC

The charity raises funds to help keep open St Mary the Virgin Church in Burpham, West Sussex; both as a place of worship and as a resource for the use of residents and visitors. The charity makes grants to maintain the fabric of the building.

Objects

THE FRIENDS IS ESTABLISHED TO BEAUTIFY AND ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, BURPHAM IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CHURCH") AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IT AS A PLACE OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, AND AS A RESOURCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, BURPHAM IN THE DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £24,486.14, bringing its total net worth to £333,805.51. The trustees report confidence in meeting constitutional obligations and note that the capital fund has grown significantly to support future maintenance costs. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern are disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHERINE ELIZABETH PECK
• Celia Woodruff Rev
• DOUGLAS EVANS
• Francesca Vaughan Fitzalan Howard The Duchess of Norfolk
• JONATHAN WRIGHT
• John David King
• Richard Parkinson
• SANDRA MAUREEN TOMKINS

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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