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THE AVENUE CHURCH

Registered charity 1137080 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Avenue Church is close to the center of Newton Abbot. It is a Local Ecumenical Project made up of people from the Methodist and United Reform Churches, but people of other christian traditions are regular worshipers. The Church places a great emphasis on outreach and in addition to family and youth work, a lot of other church activities give an opportunity to deliver the Christian message.

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Latest income
£273k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £129,468 for the year, driven largely by a significant legacy of £162,366. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £273,539, which meets its stated policy target of six months of revenue expenditure. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or governance failures in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacy (59% of income)
“receipts being £273,280 including a significant legacy of £162,366” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of revenue expenditure (held: £274k)
“The current Reserves policy of the church aims to have available general funds which equate to six months of revenue expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£273k£144k
31/08/2024£118k£239k
31/08/2023£185k£116k
31/08/2022£161k£123k
31/08/2021£90k£95k

Common questions

Is THE AVENUE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £129,468 for the year, driven largely by a significant legacy of £162,366. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £273,539, which meets its stated policy target of six months of revenue expenditure. There are no disclosed material uncertainties or governance failures in the filing.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2022£10kUpper floor toilets facility

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£800

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 NEWTON ABBOT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE AVENUE CHURCH£273k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEWTON ABBOT FY2024£289k—0below—no doubt
PIER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£93kunclear0within—no doubt
ABBEY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£293k——unclear—no doubt
PLUME AVENUE, COLCHESTER, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£114k—0above—no doubt
ABINGTON AVENUE U R C FY2025£167k—0above—noted

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