FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1139006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREFRONT

1. To advance the Christian faith in accordance with our statement of beliefs 2. To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services including counselling and support services3. To provide community facilities for the benefit of the local community in Chard and the surrounding area and for use of other community groups

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES INCLUDING COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£136k

Latest spending

£135k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds at year-end were £77,490, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £1,002 for the year, with total receipts of £135,845 against total payments of £134,843.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £42,317 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Miss C MC Smith £42,317 (2024: £34,640)” — page 8

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 60
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 60
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

STEPHEN RICHARD THURBONchair
Daniel Jonathan Mumby
Denise Farringdon
Jonathan Kerr
Laura Dimon
Martin James Brister
Nigel Martin Marsh
Victor Vinicius Basso do Nascimento
Wendy Anne Green

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£136k	£135k
31/12/2024	£150k	£119k
31/12/2023	£133k	£130k
31/12/2022	£110k	£120k
31/12/2021	£100k	£92k

Common questions

Is FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds at year-end were £77,490, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £1,002 for the year, with total receipts of £135,845 against total payments of £134,843. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £42,317 band.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, STEVENAGE	1	£138

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST.

NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £71k
KENILWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £91k
THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £447k
RIVERSIDE CHURCH income £547k
KERITH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £2.4m
CLOVERLEAF CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £44k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH	£136k	£42,317	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£71k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KENILWORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£447k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIVERSIDE CHURCH FY2025	£547k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KERITH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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