RIDLEY HALL EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1135047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principle object of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith according to Baptist principles and in accordance with its constitution. The charity may further such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the Charity Trustees consider to be compatible with the principal object.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO BAPTIST PRINCIPLES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AS STATED IN SCHEDULE 1. THE CHARITY MAY ALSO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES CONSIDER IN THEIR DISCRETION TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT, WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OR IN OTHER PARTS OF 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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church prepared its financial statements on a receipts and payments basis because its income was under £250,000. The filing reports a net movement of resources of £3,733 for the year, with cash balances carried forward totaling £268,640. The trustees' report notes that the previous pastor stepped down in October 2025 and the church is awaiting the commencement of a new pastor.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 16/07/2026, 258 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 25/05/2026, 571 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 30/04/2026, 912 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 29/04/2026, 1276 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PASTOR PETER ERNEST ANDREWSchair
• Frederick M J Raynsford
• Gary Cheeseman
• Pastor Riah Martin

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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