BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1119309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCC

BCC is a healthy, growing Church. We are a Church without walls which is active in the local community by reaching out to different sections of society with love and care. We are strongly linked into our local community in many ways, from the food distribution work of the Hope Foundation through to the Ark Pre-School and Baseline Youth group.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£820k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £3,053,736, which the trustees consider to be just under sixteen months of unrestricted fund expenditure. This level of reserves is significantly above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three- and six-month’s expenditure (held: £3.1m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three- and six-month’s expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration and benefits to Pastor Mark Wiltshire
“Pastor Mark Wiltshire received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document, for his pastoral services of £75,446 (2023: £72,904) and, in addition, pension contributions of £7,011 (2023: £6,835) and benefits of £624 (2023: £640). Mark Wiltshire and his wife were also paid £33,000 (2023: £33,000) rent in connection with the provision of a manse.” — page 21
“Rob Thomas also received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document for administrative and support services of £58,596 (2023: £57,244) and pension contributions of £3,501 (2023: £4,523).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration to Rob Thomas
“Pastor Mark Wiltshire received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document, for his pastoral services of £75,446 (2023: £72,904) and, in addition, pension contributions of £7,011 (2023: £6,835) and benefits of £624 (2023: £640). Mark Wiltshire and his wife were also paid £33,000 (2023: £33,000) rent in connection with the provision of a manse.” — page 21
“Rob Thomas also received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document for administrative and support services of £58,596 (2023: £57,244) and pension contributions of £3,501 (2023: £4,523).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Olivia Wiltshire (daughter of Mark Wiltshire)
“Pastor Mark Wiltshire received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document, for his pastoral services of £75,446 (2023: £72,904) and, in addition, pension contributions of £7,011 (2023: £6,835) and benefits of £624 (2023: £640). Mark Wiltshire and his wife were also paid £33,000 (2023: £33,000) rent in connection with the provision of a manse.” — page 21
“Rob Thomas also received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document for administrative and support services of £58,596 (2023: £57,244) and pension contributions of £3,501 (2023: £4,523).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Assemblies of God (AOG)
“Pastor Mark Wiltshire received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document, for his pastoral services of £75,446 (2023: £72,904) and, in addition, pension contributions of £7,011 (2023: £6,835) and benefits of £624 (2023: £640). Mark Wiltshire and his wife were also paid £33,000 (2023: £33,000) rent in connection with the provision of a manse.” — page 21
“Rob Thomas also received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document for administrative and support services of £58,596 (2023: £57,244) and pension contributions of £3,501 (2023: £4,523).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rental income from Audrey Reeves (mother of Mark Wiltshire)
“Pastor Mark Wiltshire received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document, for his pastoral services of £75,446 (2023: £72,904) and, in addition, pension contributions of £7,011 (2023: £6,835) and benefits of £624 (2023: £640). Mark Wiltshire and his wife were also paid £33,000 (2023: £33,000) rent in connection with the provision of a manse.” — page 21
“Rob Thomas also received remuneration, in accordance with provisions in the governing document for administrative and support services of £58,596 (2023: £57,244) and pension contributions of £3,501 (2023: £4,523).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£820k
Reserves (reported)
£713k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent · Lambeth · Lewisham · Macedonia · Romania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.2m£820k
31/12/2023£946k£737k
31/12/2022£1.1m£690k
31/12/2021£706k£674k
31/12/2020£631k£588k

Common questions

Is BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £3,053,736, which the trustees consider to be just under sixteen months of unrestricted fund expenditure. This level of reserves is significantly above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BROMLEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE£1.2m——above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BROMLEY FY2024£480k—0unclear—no doubt
BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£172k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS FY2025£802k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY WITH ST. LEONARD, BROOMFIELD FY2025£119k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BURSLEDON FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt

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