BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1145615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLESS

Our objects are to advance Christianity in the UK or overseas by proclaiming and furthering the gospel of Jesus Christ and promoting interdenominational Christian work. We seek to bless others whether or not they are Christians and to live out Jesus' command to love God with all our heart and soul and mind and to love our neighbours as we love ourselves.

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Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £54,166, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £29,637. The filing notes that income exceeded expenditure by £6,986 for the year, though the trustees describe the financial position as challenging.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover the costs of all obligations if we had to close. Currently this figure is £29,637 (held: £54k)

“In 2024 we reviewed our policy to ensure that our reserves will always cover the costs of all obligations if we had to close. Currently this figure is £29,637” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from the trustees and related parties during the year were £16,945 (2024: £14,065)

“Donations received from the trustees and related parties during the year were £16,945 (2024: £14,065)” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL SPENCERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANGELA MARGARET FARMER
Daniel Blackwell
Lydia Constance Clare Sewell
Madeline Bird · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Ealing · Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£184k	£177k
31/12/2024	£192k	£196k
31/12/2023	£179k	£175k
31/12/2022	£172k	£167k
31/12/2021	£146k	£146k

Common questions

Is BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £54,166, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £29,637. The filing notes that income exceeded expenditure by £6,986 for the year, though the trustees describe the financial position as challenging. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH as a grant recipient include HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST, YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	FY2024	£29k	Bless Community Church’s grant funding was for the following purposes: 1. To fund 'Playtime' young families’ work... 2. To fund 'Playtime Plus' parents mentorin
YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	YEF Small Grants
YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k	YEF Small Grants