GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN CONGREGATION BOURNEMOUTH - SOUTHAMPTON - PORTSMOUTH

Registered charity 1126295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, AS SET OUT IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND AS EXPRESSED IN THE CONFESSIONAL WRITING OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN LUTHERAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, AS SET OUT IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND AS EXPRESSED IN THE CONFESSIONAL WRITING OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £58,663 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a net expenditure of £14,758 in the previous year. Total income increased to £105,879 from £42,377, driven largely by a gain in investment value. Expenditure rose to £47,216, primarily due to increased ministry costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anke Tabrahchair
• Christiane Baker
• Christiane Grashof-Charlton
• Kai Thierbach
• Michael Gardener

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Portsmouth City · Southampton City

Income and spending

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