STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1142276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian faith

Objects

4) THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD 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;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN STROUD AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PEOPLE.

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 charity reported a net surplus of £4,983 for the year, with total income of £109,634 against expenditure of £104,651. Unrestricted reserves stood at £90,020, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £40,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07599383 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• HEAVEN, Lindsay Elanor — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list
• CLIFTON, Cedria Ruth — director, appointed 27/01/2022on trustee list
• MORRIS, Stephen Edward — director, appointed 23/07/2020on trustee list
• MORRIS, Richard James — director, appointed 11/04/2011on trustee list
• PEARSON, Martin Kester — director, appointed 11/04/2011on trustee list
• MORRIS, Richard James — secretary, appointed 18/02/2020

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cedria Ruth Clifton
• Lindsay Elanor Heaven · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARTIN KESTER PEARSON
• RICHARD JAMES MORRIS
• Stephen Edward Morris

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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