BILLINGSHURST FAMILY CHURCH

Registered charity 1123028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A) To advance the Christian faithB) To releive sickness & financial hardship & to promote & preserve good healthC)To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS IN BILLINGSHURST AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN BILLINGSHURST AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN BILLINGSHURT AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: BILLINGSHURST AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES, OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a financial deficit of £13,574 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £88,275 to £74,701. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are currently £1,000 below their stated policy target of £45,000, though they maintain that the remaining reserves provide approximately three months of expenditure coverage. The charity is not dependent on external fundraising, relying entirely on donations from church members.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Davida Grace Elphickchair
• David Andrew Victor Ian Downie
• Rachel Brown
• Thomas James MacDonald
• William RICHARDS

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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