CORNERSTONE (BRAINTREE)

Registered charity 1120051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CHRISTIAN CHURCH PROVIDING YOUTH AND ADULT MINISTRY IN THE BRAINTREE AREA. PROVIDES ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION TO THOSE IN NEED. SUPPORTS WEEK DAY CHILD NURSERY A NUMBER OF YOUTH GROUPS

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE WORSHIP OF GOD, THE INSTRUCTION AND EDIFICATION OF CHRISTIANS, THE CARE AND CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, THE EVANGELISATION OF NON-CHRISTIANS AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY.

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Braintree, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £7,680 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £106,420. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted reserves were £21,924.88 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of £20,000 representing three months of outgoings. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cornerstone (Braintree) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHIL HALEchair
• Carol Ann Bland
• DAVID CHARLES GARRETT
• MR ROBERT THOMPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Jessa

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES.

• CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES income £322k
• THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
• CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £453k
• CORNERSTONE BUILDING TRUST income £32k
• Cornerstone Bath income £151k
• Cornerstone Baptist Church income £453k

Side by side with its peers

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