FOREST NEW LIFE CHURCH

Registered charity 1124854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Church working with young people and adults in the communityServing with teams and partners in developing countries

Objects

FOREST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP EXISTS TO;ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. THE UK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: FOREST OF DEAN.

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £40,582 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year's £33,442. The trustees report that the charity remains financially stable, noting an operating surplus of £7,140 for the year. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those 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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• keith bushellchair
• Aaron Freeman
• David John Hawthorne
• Haley Felicity Cartlidge
• Samuel Peter Barnard

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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