RIVER CHURCH SUTTON

Registered charity 1104168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON FAMILY CHURCH

To advance the Christian faith in word and deed. To help relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship in the UK and overseas. To promote such charitable purposes as which benefit the local community. To build community and sense of family.

Objects

I) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND ITS ENVIRONS AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.II) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.III) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID AREA OR IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£256k
Latest spending
£199k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £57,750 for the year, with total incoming resources increasing by 12.2% to £256,487. The charity holds accumulated reserves of £449,835, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of retaining approximately £30,000 (three months of essential operating expenditure).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of essential operating expenditure (held: £450k)
“The Church’s Reserves Policy is to retain approximately 3 months of essential operating expenditure, which would be approximately £30,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Operates in: Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£256k£199k
31/12/2024£229k£201k
31/12/2023£289k£192k
31/12/2022£185k£153k
31/12/2021£175k£151k

Common questions

Is RIVER CHURCH SUTTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £57,750 for the year, with total incoming resources increasing by 12.2% to £256,487. The charity holds accumulated reserves of £449,835, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of retaining approximately £30,000 (three months of essential operating expenditure). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIVER CHURCH SUTTON£256k—0unclear—no doubt
RIVER CHURCH FY2025£499k—0above—no doubt
RIVER CHURCH (ST NEOTS) LTD FY2024£93k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUTTON WITH SEAFORD FY2025£564k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEWS, SURBITON FY2025£176k—0above—no doubt

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