CENTRAL CHURCH TORQUAY
a) Celebration of public worship.b) The teaching of the Christian faith.c) Mission and Evangelism.d) Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved.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.f) The support of other charities in the UK and overseas.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity is facing an ongoing heating crisis due to obsolete boiler parts, leaving it without heat for the autumn and winter. To improve its financial situation, the trustees have generated rental income from refurbished properties and installed a card machine to increase donations. The charity is currently considering various heating systems to resolve the issue in 2026.
What the accounts disclose
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/07/2018)
Trustees
- Rev Jeff Shortchair
- Ann Molyneux
- Jan Newman
- Jenny Hornby
- Jenny Price
- John Tibbetts
- MARGARET NEWMAN
- Paul Wescott
- Sue Norman
- Susan Ann Coatham
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £140k | £118k |
| 31/12/2024 | £107k | £116k |
| 31/12/2023 | £101k | £106k |
| 31/12/2022 | £97k | £120k |
| 31/12/2021 | £78k | £63k |
Common questions
Is CENTRAL CHURCH TORQUAY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is facing an ongoing heating crisis due to obsolete boiler parts, leaving it without heat for the autumn and winter. To improve its financial situation, the trustees have generated rental income from refurbished properties and installed a card machine to increase donations. The charity is currently considering various heating systems to resolve the issue in 2026.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED | 1 | £4k |
| THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- CHRISTCHURCH CLARENDON PARK
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHEYLESMORE, COVENTRY
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM
- PARISH OF ABERYSTWYTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, KINGSTON PARK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL CHURCH TORQUAY | £140k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHRISTCHURCH CLARENDON PARK | £107k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHEYLESMORE, COVENTRY | £114k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM | £251k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| PARISH OF ABERYSTWYTH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL | £491k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT | £316k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |