SEVERN VINEYARD

Registered charity 1130698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Volunteers/staff provide:1) practical support/financial assistance to vulnerable persons/families in partnership with social services/other charities.2) events/social networks in local communities to contribute to community cohesion, empower creative expression and stimulate faith and hope amongst every generation.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£284k

Latest spending

£253k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted expenditure exceeded unrestricted income, resulting in a deficit of £12,640 for the year. However, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £41,259 are sufficient to cover all contractual expenditure and meet the charity's reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of expenditure, which is £41,000 (held: £41k)

“the ideal minimum amount for reserves would be 3 months of expenditure, which is £41,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to trustees Rev Owen Lynch and Rev Claire Lynch, who are also Lead Pastors.

“Total benefits paid to key management personnel during the year were £76,810 (2024: £74,710), including employer's national insurance and pension contributions.” — page 20

“During the year, the church made a grant of £3,000 to Bridges for Communities, a charity of which Rev Owen Lynch is Chair of trustees.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant paid to Bridges for Communities, a charity of which trustee Rev Owen Lynch is Chair of trustees.

“Total benefits paid to key management personnel during the year were £76,810 (2024: £74,710), including employer's national insurance and pension contributions.” — page 20

“During the year, the church made a grant of £3,000 to Bridges for Communities, a charity of which Rev Owen Lynch is Chair of trustees.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Keith Cecil Gazzardchair
Barbara Sifuniso Likulunga
Claire Lynch
Gregory Allan Nixon
Owen Robert Lynch · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Howells

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£284k	£253k
30/06/2024	£293k	£326k
30/06/2023	£287k	£344k
30/06/2022	£313k	£312k
30/06/2021	£332k	£247k

Common questions

Is SEVERN VINEYARD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted expenditure exceeded unrestricted income, resulting in a deficit of £12,640 for the year. However, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £41,259 are sufficient to cover all contractual expenditure and meet the charity's reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SEVERN VINEYARD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVERN VINEYARD as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2024	£10k
BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY	FY2024	£1k	Building/mission related project

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/09/2024	£20k	The Continued Running of the BS4 Foodbank Outlet
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/06/2023	£10k	The Growing Need of the BS4 Foodbank Outlet
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/07/2021	£10k	BS4 Bristol Foodbank