ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY

Registered charity 1129494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the whole mission of the Church; regular worship open to all;promotion of christianity through the staging of events and meetings, distribution of literature; provision of youth activities; provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers, supporting charities in the UK and overseas

Causes: Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£442k
Latest spending
£508k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £171,194, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain reserves in excess of two months' overall expenditure and one month of salaries. The underlying trend for revenue income and expenditure is described as almost in balance, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two month’s overall expenditure and an additional month of salaries (held: £171k)
“It is the policy of the Trustees that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level in excess of two month’s overall expenditure and an additional month of salaries.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£442k£508k
31/12/2024£277k£308k
31/12/2023£220k£221k
31/12/2022£305k£224k
31/12/2021£158k£176k

Common questions

Is ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £171,194, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain reserves in excess of two months' overall expenditure and one month of salaries. The underlying trend for revenue income and expenditure is described as almost in balance, and the trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2021£3kMake Lunch Rugby
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2018£3kMake Lunch Rugby

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
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE POGES, OXFORD DIOCES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY£442k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE POGES, OXFORD DIOCES FY2025£240k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS FY2025£802k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRENTWOOD FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW'S, HARWELL FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHARLES WITH ST. MATTHIAS, PLYMOUTH FY2025£272k—0unclear—no doubt

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