KINGSLAND CHURCH COLCHESTER

Registered charity 1127055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to advance the Christian faith, to alleviate poverty, to promote other purposes beneficial to the community

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WORLD-WIDE3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY WORLD-WIDETHE OBJECTS TO CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 5

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.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,444,340, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining net current assets equivalent to 3 to 6 months of expenditure. The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 08/03/2023, 36 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06730025

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.

• FRIMPONG, Beth — director, appointed 02/06/2026on trustee list
• STOCKWELL, Sandra — director, appointed 02/06/2026on trustee list
• KURIAKOSE, Jacob Jebby — director, appointed 19/08/2025on trustee list
• ADEBAYO, Sikiratu Mosunmola — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• PURSER, Mee Foong — director, appointed 01/04/2018on trustee list
• ALAKA, Gbolahan Olukayode — director, appointed 22/10/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £3.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beth Frimpong
• GBOLAHAN OLUKAYODE ALAKA
• Jacob Jebby Kuriakose
• Mee Foong Purser
• Sandra Stockwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sikiratu Adebayo

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 KING'S CHRISTIAN CENTRE - MOLD.

• KING'S CHRISTIAN CENTRE - MOLD income £112k
• KING'S CHURCH LONDON income £3.2m
• KING'S CHURCH COCKERMOUTH income £228k
• KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON income £755k
• KING'S CHURCH BIRMINGHAM income £381k
• KINGS CHURCH WOKINGHAM income £135k

Side by side with its peers

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