NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON

Registered charity 1116023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,197,403, which is below the prior year's £1,290,805 but remains above the charity's stated policy target of three months' turnover. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£76k)
In the band £60,001 - £70,000 — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' turnover (held: £1.2m)
The Trustees’ Reserves Policy is to hold reserves of three months’ turnover to be prudent. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity is a member of the New Ground family of churches... The Charity provides regular financial contributions to support the wider mission and shared resources of this network.
The Charity’s relationship with New Ground includes the employment and senior leadership of James Silley by both the Charity and New Ground. The Trustees recognise that this dual role could create a potential conflict of interest and have implemented clear measures to mitigate this. All financial support provided to New Ground is reviewed and approved by the Trustees, and James Silley recuses himself from any Trustee decisions or discussions specifically regarding the financial relationship or his personal remuneration arrangements between the two organisations. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.1m£1.2m
31/08/2024£1000k£1.1m
31/08/2023£953k£924k
31/08/2022£862k£777k
31/08/2021£822k£717k

Common questions

Is NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,197,403, which is below the prior year's £1,290,805 but remains above the charity's stated policy target of three months' turnover. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SACHS FOUNDATION1£383k

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