CALVARY TEMPLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1105609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALVARY TEMPLE UPC CAMBERWELL

Regular church servicesRegular Sunday school teachingBible Study classesLooking after Youth and the Elderly

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUSTB) 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 LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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

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

Latest income
£172k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £6,235 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit of £14,549 in the prior year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,243,955, comprising a general reserve of £668,955 and a property revaluation reserve of £2,575,000. The trustees note that the charity holds building and public liability insurance and conducts annual fire inspections to manage health and safety risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£172k£179k
31/12/2023£168k£183k
31/12/2022£163k£162k
31/12/2021£203k£169k
31/12/2020£141k£152k

Common questions

Is CALVARY TEMPLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £6,235 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit of £14,549 in the prior year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £3,243,955, comprising a general reserve of £668,955 and a property revaluation reserve of £2,575,000. The trustees note that the charity holds building and public liability insurance and conducts annual fire inspections to manage health and safety risks. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL1£59k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALVARY TEMPLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH£172k—0unclear—no doubt
CARLTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2024£741k—0unclear—no doubt
CALVARY CHAPEL HASTINGS LIMITED FY2025£124k——unclear—no doubt
CALVARY CHAPEL WESTMINSTER FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
CALVARY EXETER FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
CALVARY CHARISMATIC BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£830k—0unclear—no doubt

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