GRACE CHURCH SALISBURY

Registered charity 1137954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALISBURY CITY CHURCH

Sunday services, Mid week meetings, Childrens work, Youth work, Action groups, Marriage courses, Parenting courses, Money management courses, Alpha courses, Membership course.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFSIN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THETRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, DISTRESS OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE ANDPRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANYKIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCHPARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCHPARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT;4 TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIMEIN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£392k
Latest spending
£315k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £76,870 for the year, with total income increasing by over 30% to £391,790. Free reserves stood at approximately £165,000, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £70,000 (three months of operational costs). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of average monthly operational costs (reserves figure: £165k)
“the Trustees have set a policy to retain reserves to cover three month’s average monthly operational costs which equated to about £70,000 in this coming financial year.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 140

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 75

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£392k£315k
31/08/2024£294k£263k
31/08/2023£261k£213k
31/08/2022£232k£198k
31/08/2021£296k£178k

Common questions

Is GRACE CHURCH SALISBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £76,870 for the year, with total income increasing by over 30% to £391,790. Free reserves stood at approximately £165,000, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £70,000 (three months of operational costs). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRACE CHURCH SALISBURY£392k—0unclear—no doubt
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£85k——unclear—no doubt
GRACE ORGANISATION FY2025£654k—0above—no doubt
THE GRACE TRUST FY2025£68.2m—0unclear—no doubt
GRACE CHURCH SYDENHAM FY2025£97k——above—no doubt
GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH FY2025£101k£26,2060above—no doubt

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