CANFORD HEATH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1134115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BEACON CHURCH

Church - Religeous Organisation

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£313k

Latest spending

£251k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the church faced significant building maintenance challenges, specifically requiring roof replacements costing between £100,000 and £200,000, which necessitated a fundraising push. The Preschool Treasurer's report indicates that the preschool held £70,000 in the bank at year-end, an increase of £35,000 from the start of the year, despite rising staff costs and pension regularisation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK ANDREW MAIDMENTchair
John Leslie Hutton
Keith William Gubbins
Martin George Woolley
Patricia Elaine Foote

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

Operates in: Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£313k	£251k
31/12/2023	£253k	£230k
31/12/2022	£214k	£238k
31/12/2021	£212k	£242k
31/12/2020	£233k	£206k

Common questions

Is CANFORD HEATH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the church faced significant building maintenance challenges, specifically requiring roof replacements costing between £100,000 and £200,000, which necessitated a fundraising push. The Preschool Treasurer's report indicates that the preschool held £70,000 in the bank at year-end, an increase of £35,000 from the start of the year, despite rising staff costs and pension regularisation.

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
Winchester Eastleigh and Romsey Methodist Circuit	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ESTON WITH NORMANBY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ESTON WITH NORMANBY income £134k
ST ANDREW'S CANTERBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £148k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARTINS income £103k
PURLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £255k
WOKING UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £363k
GUILDFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £248k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CANFORD HEATH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY	£313k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ESTON WITH NORMANBY FY2024	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANDREW'S CANTERBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2024	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARTINS FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PURLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025	£255k	—	above	—	no doubt
WOKING UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2023	£363k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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