EXETER NETWORK CHURCH

Registered charity 1109486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote and advance the Christian faith; relieve poverty, hardship, sickness and disease; and promote education and training.

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Latest income
£407k
Latest spending
£413k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £5,237 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £158,754. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and that unrestricted reserves of £107,108 exceed the stated policy target of £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Griffin Chartered Accountants is a company in which the son-in-law of a Trustee (resigned on 30 June 2024) was an employee during the year. Griffin Chartered Accountants have undertaken Independent Examination and preparation of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 for a total of £2,250 (2023 - £2,160). The total amount was accrued as at 31 December 2024 and is included within creditors.
“Griffin Chartered Accountants is a company in which the son-in-law of a Trustee (resigned on 30 June 2024) was an employee during the year. Griffin Chartered Accountants have undertaken Independent Examination and preparation of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 for a total of £2,250 (2023 - £2,160). The total amount was accrued as at 31 December 2024 and is included within creditors.” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £4.8m
“For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a deficit of £4.8m on the ongoing assumptions used.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£407k£413k
31/12/2023£468k£394k
31/12/2022£351k£440k
31/12/2021£432k£388k
31/12/2020£413k£360k

Common questions

Is EXETER NETWORK CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £5,237 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets of £158,754. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and that unrestricted reserves of £107,108 exceed the stated policy target of £60,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EXETER NETWORK CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EXETER NETWORK CHURCH as a grant recipient include NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/10/2020£6kVSCE CMC Fund

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EXETER NETWORK CHURCH£407k—0unclear—no doubt
GRACE CHURCH EXETER FY2025£286k—0above—no doubt
EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER FY2025£245k£47,9660above—no doubt
CALVARY EXETER FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, GLORY OF GOD PARISH EXETER FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
THE C3 CHURCH FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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