BRIGHTHELM CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1137747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

United Reformed ChurchVenueMeeting roomsCommunity cafeCommunity Garden

Objects

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS.3 THE PROMOTION OF OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure deficit of £118,739 in 2024 due to necessary building works and increased security costs. However, the trustees report that unrestricted funds and investment assets total £682,230, which they consider sufficient to cover liabilities and future commitments. The filing confirms the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deirdre Harrison
• Graeme Thomas Allan
• Rev Andrew Fairchild
• Rev Martin Edward Knight
• Roger David Wood

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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