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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

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

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.

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON1£200k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH£136k£42,3170unclear—no doubt
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD FY2025£203k£41,6880unclear—no doubt
CHILTERN CHURCH FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW GROUND CHURCHES FY2025£450kmore than £60,0002above—no doubt
SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025£242k—0unclear—no doubt

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