WOKING UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1130926 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOKING URC CHARITY

Woking United Reformed Church Charity is a local Church of the denomination, the United Reformed Church. The Object is the advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church. It takes its Structure, Governance and Management from this Scheme of Union principally through the Church Meeting and Elders' Meeting.

Objects

The object of the Charity is the advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Woking, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £290,782, with the General Fund balance at £76,713. The Trustees report that this General Fund balance exceeds their stated reserves policy target of three months' core expenditure. The charity confirms it is a going concern with a reasonable expectation of meeting liabilities for at least twelve months.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woking United Reformed Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev LUCY MICHELLE BRIERLEYchair
• ANDREW NAYSMITH GIBB · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher James Temple
• Claire Louise Bater
• Dr Heather Louise Fowler
• Elvyn David Fowler
• GORDON JOHN PARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Johannes Maarten van Renssen
• KEITH RODERICK BRADLEY
• Margaret Nothando Mortell
• Mary Joan Temple
• Morwenna Ruth Anne Jones
• Rachel Victoria Lindstrom-Thomas
• Robin Gray
• Rosemary Anne Culshaw
• Suzannah Elizabeth Herbert
• Trudy Addo
• Valerie Ward

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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