YEOVIL VINEYARD CHURCH

Registered charity 1130411 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING A PLACE FOR WORSHIP, TRAINING AND OUTREACH AS A CHURCH BASED IN YEOVIL, BUT SERVING THE WIDER AREA OF SOUTH SOMERSET AND NORTH DORSET. INVOLVEMENT IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY THROUGH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, SMALL GROUP MINISTRY, COURSES AND CHARITABLE GIVING.

Objects

3.1 THE NAME OF THE CHURCH IS YEOVIL VINEYARD CHURCH (OR ANY OTHER NAME CHOSEN BY RESOLUTION OF THE TRUSTEES)3.2 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF YEOVIL, SOMERSET, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.2.2 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 COUNSELING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF YEOVIL, SOMERSET, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3.3 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHURCH IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted financial giving increased by 14% compared with the previous year, resulting in unrestricted reserves being above the target level. The trustees aim to maintain a contingency fund of 15% of annual income and have every intention of remaining in surplus on recurring costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Spearmanchair
• Chantelle Lyes
• Rachel Anne Gale
• Timothy William Baker

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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