BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH DIDCOT

Registered charity 1128133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Holding of Christian services focussed on various age groups and arranging other regular activities such as toddler group, sports and leisure time activities, music and drama activities. All of these activities support our objectives to further the christian faith and to support the development of young people.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH BY HOLDING MEETINGS, CAUSE TO BE WRITTEN AND PRINTED OR OTHERWISE REPRODUCED AND CIRCULATED GRATUITOUSLY OR OTHERWISE SUCH PAPERS, BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS AS SHALL FURTHER ITS SAID OBJECTS.

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

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

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

Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£579k
Latest spending
£463k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted funds of £666,319, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of holding £40,000 for emergency and seasonal needs. The organization maintains a strong cash position of £1,111,516 and generated a net income surplus of £115,676 for the year. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: TCD Business Limited (wholly owned trading subsidiary) made donations of £54,460 to the charity.
“Brunstad Christian Church Didcot (BCCD) has a wholly owned trading subsidiary TCD Business Limited which made donations of £54,460 (2024: £63,632) to the charitable company in the current accounting period.” — page 28
“At the year end BCCD was owed £18,849 (2024: £8,389) by TCD Business Limited. BCCD has a wholly owned trading subsidiary Oxfordshire Enterprises Limited. At the year end BCCD was owed £2 (2024: £2).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed by group undertakings (TCD Business Limited and Oxfordshire Enterprises Limited) were £18,849 and £2 respectively.
“Brunstad Christian Church Didcot (BCCD) has a wholly owned trading subsidiary TCD Business Limited which made donations of £54,460 (2024: £63,632) to the charitable company in the current accounting period.” — page 28
“At the year end BCCD was owed £18,849 (2024: £8,389) by TCD Business Limited. BCCD has a wholly owned trading subsidiary Oxfordshire Enterprises Limited. At the year end BCCD was owed £2 (2024: £2).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£579k
Total spending
£463k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~34.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£579k£463k
31/12/2024£582k£544k
31/12/2023£597k£629k
31/12/2022£516k£605k
31/12/2021£378k£437k

Common questions

Is BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH DIDCOT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted funds of £666,319, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of holding £40,000 for emergency and seasonal needs. The organization maintains a strong cash position of £1,111,516 and generated a net income surplus of £115,676 for the year. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KIDLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH HUNTWORTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH DIDCOT£579k——unclear—no doubt
BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH HUNTWORTH FY2025£397k——above—no doubt
BICESTER CHRISTIAN ACTION LIMITED FY2025£210k—0unclear—no doubt
LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH FY2024£819kin excess of £60,0001unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE FY2025£528kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
DIDCOT BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£255k—0above—no doubt

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