OUGHTIBRIDGE WESLEYAN REFORM CHAPEL

Registered charity 1132720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUGHTIBRIDGE CHAPEL, OWRC

OWRC is a family church serving the people in the locality. We hold regular Sunday services; provide instruction in the Christian faith; hold evening groups for children and teenagers; provide support for organisations and individuals working for the advancement of the Christian faith; allow the premises to be hired by other organisations with compatible aims.

Objects

The trustees for the time being shall at all times permit the said Premises and the Chapel School or other buildings from time to time standing thereon to be used and occupied and enjoyed as a place for the Public Worship of God and for the instruction of children and adults under the direction of the Society or Church assembling for worship thereon in connection with the said Denomination or Connexion according to the Principles Constitution Usages Polity and Rules from time to time of the said Denomination and also for the promotion of such other religious, educational or charitable purposes as the said Society or Church shall from time to time direct.

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 the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £24,973 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant expenditures on auditorium refurbishment and circuit contributions. Despite this deficit, unrestricted cash reserves stood at £37,680, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of approximately £10,000.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Watson Little · trustee of 3 other charities
• Andrew Edward Misiukanis
• Angela Elizabeth Howard
• Christopher James Nicholson
• Christopher Spencer Ian Yeardley
• John William Harrold Scarffe
• MATTHEW JOEL BROOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER SHAPLAND
• Pamela Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD PETER HALL

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

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