BOZEAT INDEPENDENT WESLEYAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1135327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an Independent Wesleyan Church.

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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Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held actual unrestricted reserves of £52,314.76 at the end of the financial year, after deducting the Manse Trust Fund from total balances. The trustees' report indicates that the church aims to keep no more funds than necessary to cover expenses and planned projects, and notes that donations to other organizations exceeded the 10% policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The church mainly receives funds from the following:  Weekly giving in the offering box at services.  Annual Gift Aid receipt.  Donations received from external organisations who regularly use the premises.  Interest received on the deposit account.  Donations received in memory of the deceased.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: no more funds than necessary to ensure that all expenses can be covered and planned projects have sufficient funds set aside (held: £52k)

“The church aims to keep no more funds than necessary to ensure that all expenses can be covered and planned projects have sufficient funds set aside.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Eleanor Elaine Minney · trustee of 1 other charity
LYNDIS DIANE PAYNE
STEPHEN THOMAS PARTRIDGE-UNDERWOOD

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£26k	£25k
31/12/2024	£21k	£26k
31/12/2023	£19k	£26k
31/12/2022	£17k	£20k
31/12/2021	£58k	£19k

Common questions

Is BOZEAT INDEPENDENT WESLEYAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held actual unrestricted reserves of £52,314.76 at the end of the financial year, after deducting the Manse Trust Fund from total balances. The trustees' report indicates that the church aims to keep no more funds than necessary to cover expenses and planned projects, and notes that donations to other organizations exceeded the 10% policy target.