COASTLANDS CHURCH

Registered charity 1111991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHIRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE BOGNOR REGIS, CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE HOUSE OF PRAYER, COASTLANDS COC

The Church continues to fulfill its objectives of feeding the hungry, helping widows, orphans, and single parents in need.Full programme of mid week and Sunday meetings include Christain Worship, teaching and fellowship. Activities and teaching engagements outside Worthing and Bognor are encouraged.The church donates funds to local community projects also childrens welfare projects overseas

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION OF FAITH (SET OUT IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION) IN PARTICULAR NOT LIMITED TO THE FOREGOING BY:3.1.1 WORSHIPPING, PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES, FELLOWSHIP, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE, TEACHING IN ALL FORMS OF MEDIA, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH GENERALLY; 3.1.2 THE INSTRUCTION AND CARE OF CHRISTIANS INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN;3.1.3 THE EVANGELISATION OF NON-CHRISTIANS3.1.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, POVERTY OR DISTRESS OR AGED OR SICK.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORTHING, LITTLEHAMPTON AND BOGNOR REGIS, WEST SUSSEX.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worthing, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £26,158 for the year, reducing its total funds to £491,808. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £491,171 significantly exceed the stated policy target of £40,000, representing over three months of operational costs. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 25/02/2025, 25 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 24/05/2024, 114 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 17/03/2022, 45 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MR DREW HATHAWAY-KEARchair
• GRAHAM TOWSE
• Trevor Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• VIVIENNE TOWSE

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• COASTLANDS COMMUNITY CHURCH income £111k
• COASTLANDS income £571k
• WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES income £2.3m
• CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m
• CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH income £79k
• CORSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £373k

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