RIVER CHURCH (ST NEOTS) LTD

Registered charity 1127383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Weekly church services including worship, teaching and pastoral care.Children's Christian activities for a number of age groups. Provision of Christian teaching resources.Involvement in local community projects and supporting Christian missionary work all over the world.

Objects

3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSIN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THETRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.1.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVEGOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND,INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OFTHE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAYTHINK FIT; AND3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITEDKINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.2 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHURCH INPROMOTING THE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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 · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £18,996 for the year, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £61,170 to £42,174. Free reserves stood at £30,173, which is above the trustees' policy target of around £28,000. The trustees state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06744133

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.

• KIRN, Tristan — director, appointed 28/09/2026on trustee list
• MAKIN, Colin Peter — director, appointed 07/10/2013on trustee list
• CRAWFORD, Mark Jonathon — director, appointed 17/06/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Makin
• Mark Jonathon Crawford
• Tristan Kirn

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVER CHURCH (ORPINGTON).

• RIVER CHURCH (ORPINGTON) income £179k
• RIVERSIDE CHURCH income £547k
• NORTHGATE CHURCH TRUST income £270k
• ST NEOTS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £66k
• RIVERSIDE CHURCH TRUST income £819k
• RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH, FELIXSTOWE income £96k

Side by side with its peers

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