CHRIST CHURCH CHICHESTER

Registered charity 1139545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Offering weekly worship services and pastoral and practical support for members of the church and the wider community; supporting by prayer and financially the wider work of the Christian Church and charities both local and overseas; making premises available for ecumencial work of local churches, young people's organisations, counselling groups, and many local charities and arts institutions.

Objects

3. ObjectsThe objects of the LEP are, for the public benefit:(1) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the principles and practices of the Participating Denominations in the Area of Benefit. In furtherance of this object, but not otherwise, the LEP may engage in a range of activities, either on its own or with others, including (but not restricted to):(a) The celebration of public worship in accordance with the doctrines, practices and traditions agreed from time to time by the Participating Denominations;(b) The teaching of the Christian faith;(c) Mission and evangelism;(d) Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved; and(e) The provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, including (but not restricted to) the elderly, the young and other groups with special needs.(2) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the principles and practices agreed from time to time of the Participating Denominations by making grants to organisations in the UK and overseas.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,515 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £32,416 to £26,282. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern and do not foresee factors significantly affecting financial performance in the next year or two. The charity holds no freehold property and relies on voluntary gifts and fundraising for its principal sources of funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOREEN EDITH FIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Mabbitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Charles Martin
• Elizabeth Lindsay Marchant
• Keith Roberts
• PENELOPE ANNE ELLISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev ANDREW REED · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tina Jeannette Twaites

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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