ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY

Registered charity 1135421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church

Objects

TRUSTS DISTILLED FROM THE UNITED REFORM CHURCH ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (1971 AND 1982) AND THE SCHEME OF UNION (1972)

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £47,369 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total reserves decreasing to £958,973. The trustees confirm the charity is an ongoing concern, noting that reserves are sufficient to cover the deficit and that a legacy ensures a strong financial position for the next few years.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~44.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Liddell
• CHRISTINA MADELEINE WHEELER
• Christopher John Gill
• ELIZABETH HOWELLS
• Elizabeth Crawford Sutton
• Fiona Lesley Drysdale
• Jacqueline Paula Bebbington
• Jennifer Anne Sheehan
• Karen Anne Kelly
• Lesley Doris Clare
• Rev Sohail Ejaz
• Stephen James Bebbington

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

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