RUSHDEN MISSION CHURCH

Registered charity 1130048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Worship/ Bible teaching services are held on Sunday. Young peoples meetings, a community cafe, a women's group, and a men's group, These meetings are open to the general public and usually take place on the Church premises. The Church also provides premises for a brass band to practice, for East Northants Child Contact Services and for the local branch of Cocaine Anonymous.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES (ACTING ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD AS DISCERNED BY THE CHURCH MEMBERS) FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES (ACTING AS AFORESAID) FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3 TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND PURSUE AND PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES (ACTING AS AFORESAID) FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

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Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£78k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net cash deficit of £8,618 for the year, with total expenditure rising to £86,604 against income of £77,986. The trustees explicitly note that the current level of expenditure is unsustainable beyond the medium term unless offering income increases, though they remain satisfied that unrestricted reserves of £90,536 are adequate to meet liabilities. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteer labor and specific income streams, including a grant from the Wesleyan Union and contributions from the East Northants Child Contact Centre.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Weekly offerings (45% of income)

“Weekly offerings £34,891”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately six months of costs in hand (reserves figure: £91k)

“The Trustees have an established Reserves Policy of holding approximately six months of costs in hand” — 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.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 20

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Lloyd Rooksby · trustee of 1 other charity
David McGrath
Kim Elaine Wilton
LINDA JANE CRAWLEY
Thandiwe Washoma
Thomas Joseph Poulton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£78k	£87k
31/10/2024	£67k	£62k
31/10/2023	£69k	£67k
31/10/2022	£50k	£50k
31/10/2021	£72k	£49k

Common questions

Is RUSHDEN MISSION CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net cash deficit of £8,618 for the year, with total expenditure rising to £86,604 against income of £77,986. The trustees explicitly note that the current level of expenditure is unsustainable beyond the medium term unless offering income increases, though they remain satisfied that unrestricted reserves of £90,536 are adequate to meet liabilities. The charity is heavily dependent on volunteer labor and specific income streams, including a grant from the Wesleyan Union and contributions from the East Northants Child Contact Centre. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
YOUNG HARROW FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COPPICE MISSION CHURCH.

COPPICE MISSION CHURCH income £65k
RUSHDEN INDEPENDENT WESLEYAN CHURCH income £72k
ROXETH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £155k
CROYDON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE income £32k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RUSHDEN WHITEFRIARS income £128k
WEST MALLING BAPTIST CHURCH income £95k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUSHDEN MISSION CHURCH	£78k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COPPICE MISSION CHURCH FY2025	£65k	—	above	—	no doubt
RUSHDEN INDEPENDENT WESLEYAN CHURCH FY2024	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROXETH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£155k	—	above	—	no doubt
CROYDON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FY2025	£32k	£19,943.77	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RUSHDEN WHITEFRIARS FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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