EMMANUEL BRISTOL

Registered charity 1139421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Regular public worship open to all. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Promotion of Christianity through meeting together. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for senior citizens, young people and other groups. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,224,928, resulting in a net income of £212,095. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £616,313, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £253,200. The charity maintains sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' average expected expenditure (held: £616k)

“It is the intention of the trustees to maintain sufficient cash-backed reserves not held in designated funds to meet three months' average expected expenditure. For the year to 31 March 2025 this was approximately £253,200” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees and key management personnel giving

“During the year, the trustees and key management personnel in aggregate made donations of £58,210 (2024: £49,935) to the charity in furtherance of its objects.” — page 26

“During the year, two trustees received, in aggregate, accommodation and travel expenses of £396 (2024: £330) to reimburse the costs of attending trustees’ meetings.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees' expenses

“During the year, the trustees and key management personnel in aggregate made donations of £58,210 (2024: £49,935) to the charity in furtherance of its objects.” — page 26

“During the year, two trustees received, in aggregate, accommodation and travel expenses of £396 (2024: £330) to reimburse the costs of attending trustees’ meetings.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with key management personnel

“During the year, the trustees and key management personnel in aggregate made donations of £58,210 (2024: £49,935) to the charity in furtherance of its objects.” — page 26

“During the year, two trustees received, in aggregate, accommodation and travel expenses of £396 (2024: £330) to reimburse the costs of attending trustees’ meetings.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burton Sweet Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07421296

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jim Walford — Pastor & Elder (source)
Matt Herring — Assistant Pastor & Elder (source)
David Barton — Elder (source)
Mark Gillam — Elder (source)
Kristian Lending — Elder (source)
Jeremy McCauley — Elder (source)
Suzie Cameron — Pastoral Minister (source)
Lottie Grover — Youth Worker (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

LANGTON, Helen Eileen, Professor — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
JUDGE, Matthew — director, appointed 16/10/2025on trustee list
BROWN, Lucy Frances Feather — director, appointed 13/10/2025on trustee list
PILCHER, Fiona — director, appointed 13/10/2025on trustee list
BEGBEY, Kathryn Louise — director, appointed 11/10/2025not on trustee list
TAYLOR, Ruth Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
EVANS, Howard John — director, appointed 23/09/2024on trustee list
MALLARD, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 19/12/2018on trustee list
MOLL, Christa Jane — director, appointed 20/05/2014on trustee list
RUSSELL, Simon Gordon — secretary, appointed 14/01/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.0m

Reserves (reported)

£616k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Christa Jane Moll
Fiona Pilcher
Howard Evans
Kathryn Begbey
Lucy Brown
Matthew Judge
PAUL ANDREW MALLARD
PROFESSOR HELEN LANGTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Taylor

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.0m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£1.1m	£847k
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£682k
31/03/2021	£851k	£573k

Common questions

Is EMMANUEL BRISTOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,224,928, resulting in a net income of £212,095. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £616,313, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £253,200. The charity maintains sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burton Sweet Limited.

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 ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL income £281k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY AND SAINT STEPHEN'S, BRISTOL income £206k
Emmanuel Baptist Church Thamesmead income £113k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEAD income £314k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BICESTER EMMANUEL income £215k
EMMANUEL CHURCH (SALISBURY) income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMMANUEL BRISTOL	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL FY2025	£281k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY AND SAINT STEPHEN'S, BRISTOL FY2025	£206k	—	above	—	no doubt
Emmanuel Baptist Church Thamesmead FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEAD FY2025	£314k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BICESTER EMMANUEL FY2024	£215k	—	within	—	no doubt

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