CHRISTCHURCH (METHODIST/UNITED REFORMED) CHURCH

Registered charity 1142830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTCHURCH HITCHIN

The church's main activities include public worship, teaching and discipleship, work with children and young people, mission and outreach, pastoral work, the provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, and support of other charities. Many activities are undertaken jointly with other churches in the town and area.

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE PARTICIPATING CHURCHES.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a financial deficit of £25,044 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total charitable expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees have formulated a reserves policy to maintain a balance equating to six months of assessments and staff wages, and the unrestricted funds carried forward were £2,235,682.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jacob Donkohchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Angela Griggs
• Marion Joyce Towers
• Michael Rickard
• Philippa Arnold
• Stephen Anthony Cook

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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