CHELMSFORD VINEYARD

Registered charity 1143493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chelmsford Vineyard a Christian Church part of the Vineyard Chruches UK and Ireland. Operating principly to promote Chritianity and support the local community in the City of Chelmsford.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE (I)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATIONS OF CONGREGATIONS(II)THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY, AND THOSE WHO ARE AGED OR SICK, (III)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,(IV)SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £743 for the year ended 31st August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £39,759, which the trustees consider appropriate and exceeding their policy target of six months' anticipated liabilities. The charity is being independently examined rather than audited.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07728057

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.

• HEDGES, Michael Jason David — director, appointed 21/09/2026on trustee list
• WARING, Helen Julia — director, appointed 27/06/2023on trustee list
• COURTNEY, Gavin James — director, appointed 23/04/2023on trustee list
• WOODWARD, Elizabeth Abigail — director, appointed 03/08/2011not on trustee list
• WOODWARD, Graham Mark — director, appointed 03/08/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• GAVIN JAMES COURTNEYchair
• GRAHAM WOODWARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Waring
• LIBBY WOODWARD
• Michael Jason David Hedges

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH income £132k
• MEDWAY VINEYARD CHURCH income £77k
• COVENTRY VINEYARD income £131k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, VINEYARD CHAPEL income £245k
• MELTON VINEYARD income £306k
• Verso Vineyard Church Limited income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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