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CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1128533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian celebration on Sundays with music & teaching, children's classes & creche facilities.Involvement in Community activity and support for the homeless.Finance, prayer & care support for overseas workers and their families.Provision of Christian youth & other age groups.Support for Christian students (home & overseas).Outreach and teaching for people investigating Christianity.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £290,321 are within the stated policy target of £199,000 to £298,000. However, the charity reported a net deficit for the year, with unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The trustees acknowledge that current expenditure levels cannot be sustained with current income and plan to implement spending pauses in 2026 to return to reserves policy compliance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 2-3 months’ cash reserves equivalent to £199,000 to £298,000 (held: £290k)
“The church's policy is to maintain 2-3 months’ cash reserves equivalent to £199,000 to £298,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Colin Webster (£33,151), John Russell (£60,729), Stephen Miller (£25,606), David Upton (£22,126), Eric Duong (£35,889).
“Some trustees and relatives of trustees are remunerated, as permitted in the Memorandum and Articles of Association — this includes salary, pension and expenses.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: John Russell, Lead Minister, registered a conflict of interest relating to Safe Families and Home for Good due to the employment of a close family member. He removed himself from all decisions and discussions concerning the support of the charity.
“Lead Minister John Russell registered a conflict of interest relating to Safe Families and Home for Good due to the employment of a close family member. He removed himself from all decisions and discussions concerning the support of the charity.”
“Some trustees and relatives of trustees are remunerated, as permitted in the Memorandum and Articles of Association — this includes salary, pension and expenses.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees and their relatives received remuneration, pension, and expenses as detailed in Note 4.
“Lead Minister John Russell registered a conflict of interest relating to Safe Families and Home for Good due to the employment of a close family member. He removed himself from all decisions and discussions concerning the support of the charity.”
“Some trustees and relatives of trustees are remunerated, as permitted in the Memorandum and Articles of Association — this includes salary, pension and expenses.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£251k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.2m£1.4m
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/12/2023£1.0m£1.1m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.1m
31/12/2021£966k£967k

Common questions

Is CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £290,321 are within the stated policy target of £199,000 to £298,000. However, the charity reported a net deficit for the year, with unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The trustees acknowledge that current expenditure levels cannot be sustained with current income and plan to implement spending pauses in 2026 to return to reserves policy compliance. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£10k
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD FY2025£498k—0above—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE FY2025£122k—0below—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH BRIGHOUSE FY2025£254k—0unclear—no doubt
Cornerstone Bath FY2026£151k£47,5321above—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH, BOURNEMOUTH FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt

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