BODMIN ROAD CHURCH

Registered charity 1128017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

DEBT SERVICE DEBT MANAGEMENT BUDGETTING.COMMUINTY CAFE,MEALS AND A COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE.CARERS SERVICE, RESPITE SHOPPING LIGHT HOUSEWORK HOSPITAL VISITS BEFREINDING.CHILDREN AND FAMILES WORK, SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN HOLIDAY CLUBS PRE-SCHOOL SESSIONS SPECIAL EVENTS FAMILY SUPPORT. 1:1 SUPPORT SERVICE, DISCIPLESHIP COURSES, SUPPORT FOR NEW CHRISTIANS, BEFRIENDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE LONELY.

Objects

3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSIN HULL AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THETRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSESWHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND ANDWALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE WORK OF THE CHURCH;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 COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN HULL AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THEUNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINKFIT; AND3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY SUCH MEANS AS THETRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THEGENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES FOR THOSE INFINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEED IN HULL AND IN SUCH OTHER 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: HULL, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £198,000 against total expenditure of £215,000, resulting in a net movement in funds of £13,199. Per the trustees' report, free cash reserves stood at £185,000, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £70,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06770682 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pennine Project, Bodmin Road Church (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• COPLEY, Paul, Rev — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• SHAW, Josephine Millicent — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
• DRYSDALE, Iain Robert — director, appointed 27/07/2019on trustee list
• BENTLEY, Richard James, Reverend — director, appointed 11/12/2008on trustee list
• SHAW, Josephine Millicent — secretary, appointed 25/11/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £89k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev RICHARD JAMES BENTLEYchair
• Iain Drysdale
• Josephine Shaw
• Rev Paul Copley

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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