SANDERSTEAD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Registered charity 1134178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDERSTEAD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Religious Activities

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £17,284 for the year, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year, and the trustees describe the financial position as precarious. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £403,438, providing a significant buffer against the identified operational and business risks. The trustees state they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Elizabeth Hill
• CAROLINE CHRISTINE MELROSE
• Deborah Knight
• Elizabeth Kathleen Nicholls Mrs
• Hilary Joy Grainger
• JULIE MARGARET BARRINGTON
• Jennifer Margaret Russell
• Jonathan Forbes Dean
• MALCOLM HEATH DALTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Reed-Leah
• ROBIN LESLIE WORTHINGTON
• Richard James Griffin
• Roger Brimble
• Shirley Carol Steel

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST ANDREW'S CANTERBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

• ST ANDREW'S CANTERBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £148k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SANDERSTEAD income £299k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE AND ST PAUL, STAMFORD income £729k
• RICHMOND HILL ST. ANDREWS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £121k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUTTON WITH SEAFORD income £564k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FOLKESTONE HOLY TRINITY WITH CHRIST CHURCH income £129k

Side by side with its peers

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