GERMAN SPEAKING EVANGELICAL CONGREGATION IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

Registered charity 1127686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church services for German speakers in the south west of England.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE CONFESSION.

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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Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£17k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted funds of £316,560, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of £15,000. This increase was driven by a net gain on investments of £92,859, which offset a net expenditure on charitable activities of £17,345. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum reserves of £15,000, which represents about one year's expenditure (held: £317k)

“The charity seeks to maintain minimum reserves of £15,000, which represents about one year's expenditure” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 4

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DR Markus Damian
ELFRIEDE GRAHAM
Gabrielle Mathilde Alexandra Davis
ROGER KENNETH SOUTHGATE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Gloucestershire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£100k	£17k
31/12/2024	£19k	£15k
31/12/2023	£7k	£15k
31/12/2022	£9k	£15k
31/12/2021	£10k	£13k

Common questions

Is GERMAN SPEAKING EVANGELICAL CONGREGATION IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted funds of £316,560, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of £15,000. This increase was driven by a net gain on investments of £92,859, which offset a net expenditure on charitable activities of £17,345. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, OAKWOOD	1	£108k
The Schroder 1905 Trust	1	£53k
ST. MARY'S WITH ST. GEORGE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH	1	£30k
CHRIST CHURCH CENTRAL LEEDS	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAGENHAM	1	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, HENSINGHAM	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FULWOOD CHRIST CHURCH, SHEFFIELD	1	£2k
ST. PETER'S CANARY WHARF TRUST	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN CHURCH IN EAST ANGLIA (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS HAMBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH & GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE AND EAST ANGLIA).

GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN CHURCH IN EAST ANGLIA (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS HAMBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH & GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE AND EAST ANGLIA) income £126k
ST PAUL'S GERMAN EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH TRUST income £86k
GERMAN PROTESTANT CHURCH YORKSHIRE income £26k
THE CONGREGATION AT GERMAN CHRIST CHURCH LONDON income £173k
SYNOD OF GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN, REFORMED AND UNITED CONGREGATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN income £597k
GERMAN SPEAKING, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CONGREGATION IN OXFORD income £68k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GERMAN SPEAKING EVANGELICAL CONGREGATION IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND	£100k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN CHURCH IN EAST ANGLIA (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS HAMBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH & GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE AND EAST ANGLIA) FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PAUL'S GERMAN EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£86k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GERMAN PROTESTANT CHURCH YORKSHIRE FY2025	£26k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CONGREGATION AT GERMAN CHRIST CHURCH LONDON FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SYNOD OF GERMAN-SPEAKING LUTHERAN, REFORMED AND UNITED CONGREGATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN FY2025	£597k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.