THE NEWBURY BIBLE - PATTERN CHURCH
Religious activities
Objects
TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY IN THE THE NEWBURY AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS OPPORTUNITY ARISES, BY SHARING THE ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE FAITH SET OUT IN THIS CONSTITUTION AND BY PRACTICAL CARE IN ORDER TO HELP THE NEEDY, HEAL THE SICK, MEND THE BROKEN AND BRING HOPE TO THE HOPELESS.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO PERSONS WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,523 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £194,104. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate threats to the charity's continuity.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025
- Volunteers: 35
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; other trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024
- Volunteers: 35
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; other trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023
- Volunteers: 35
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee; other trustee benefit
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 19/09/2024, 142 days after the 30/04/2024 due date).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (13/03/2024)
Trustees
- Adebayo Ganiyu
- CLAUD WERDAL
- Darren Broadhurst
- Mandilakhe Anthony Tomsana
- Marius Costea
- Philip Whitehead
- Samuel Robert Rebbettes
- Sue Griffith-Brown
- VERNON KINGSLEY HIGGS
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £203k | £217k |
| 30/06/2024 | £198k | £206k |
| 30/06/2023 | £169k | £202k |
| 30/06/2022 | £166k | £169k |
| 30/06/2021 | £168k | £159k |
Common questions
Is THE NEWBURY BIBLE - PATTERN CHURCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,523 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £194,104. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate threats to the charity's continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| WESTWAY TRUST | 1 | £41k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE NEWBURY BIBLE - PATTERN CHURCH | £203k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PLAS NEWTON ST. MICHAEL | £274k | — | 0 | below | — | noted |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WORTH, POUND HILL & MAIDENBOWER | £189k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MIDDLESBROUGH COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST | £108k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HARROW BAPTIST CHURCH | £179k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEW BREED CHRISTIAN PALACE | £44k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |