SAWYERS CHURCH

Registered charity 1140322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church aims to fulfill its mission by providing opportunities for worship, prayer and teaching. Meeting for fellowship together in groups of various ages and interests. Undertaking outreach to the local community. Providing training in ministry skills. Providing support for those with pastoral needs. Providing support to worldwide mission.

Objects

3.1 The Objects of the Church are, for the benefit of the public:(a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith in the Brentwood and Shenfield area of Essex and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world in such ways as the Trustees from time to time may 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 .(b) to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or service of any kind, including through the provision of care and support in such part of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees from time to time may think fit.

Area of benefit: 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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brentwood, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £259,089, representing just under 8 months of expenditure, which exceeds the charity's target of 3 to 6 months. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The new building is debt-free, and the charity aims to maintain higher unrestricted funds to support projected future expenditures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Jameschair
• Ayo Omideyi
• Jonathan Darren Staniforth
• Leah Violet Wallhead
• Marian Iquo Adekoya
• Mark Nichols · trustee of 1 other charity
• PETER WILLIAM JORDAN
• Rebecca Clare Woollgar

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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

• CHILTERN CHURCH income £276k
• EQUIPPERS CHURCH income £1.9m
• CHURCH ON THE WAY income £126k
• WRAY CHAPEL income £34k
• FIELDS CHURCH income £117k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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