THE ROCK CHURCH

Registered charity 1130956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing Church services, youth activities, Adult life groups, Bible studies, drop in centre, Food bank and community projects. Parent & Toddler groups.Supporting training initiatives for ?back to work?, youth employment preparation, work placement training. Providing resources for anti-slavery awareness, orphanage support, etc Running Christianity awareness programmes such as Alpha.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY, ON SUCH OCCASION AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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

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

Latest income

£270k

Latest spending

£193k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were maintained above a level equivalent to six months' expenditure, a policy the Trustees believe ensures continuity of activities. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted fund balances increased from £234,303 to £308,927, supported by a net income of £77,733 for the year. The charity reported no employees during the year and held cash assets of £319,672.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (70% of income)

“Investment income 183240” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £309k)

“it is the policy of the charity that unresti cted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained above a level equivalent to six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 25
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 20
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Ian Lewis Evanschair · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Edwin James · trustee of 1 other charity
Conrad David Gayle · trustee of 1 other charity
HANNAH JOY EVANS

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£270k	£193k
31/03/2024	£323k	£492k
31/03/2023	£210k	£135k
31/03/2022	£162k	£110k
31/03/2021	£215k	£91k

Common questions

Is THE ROCK CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were maintained above a level equivalent to six months' expenditure, a policy the Trustees believe ensures continuity of activities. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted fund balances increased from £234,303 to £308,927, supported by a net income of £77,733 for the year. The charity reported no employees during the year and held cash assets of £319,672. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	20/11/2009	£10k	The Rock Bus

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
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH income £41k
THE ROCK CLINIC ASSOCIATION income £442k
THE ROCK CHURCH STRATFORD UPON AVON income £180k
LIFE CHURCH income £176k
ROCK COMMUNITY HUB CIO income £525k
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD: HOUSE ON THE ROCK income £58k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROCK CHURCH	£270k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£41k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ROCK CLINIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£442k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ROCK CHURCH STRATFORD UPON AVON FY2025	£180k	—	above	—	no doubt
LIFE CHURCH FY2025	£176k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROCK COMMUNITY HUB CIO FY2025	£525k	—	unclear	—	noted

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