BUCKSKIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1145653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEC

2 Worship services each Sunday together with activities for children and youth.Weekday activities for all ages. A wide range of seminars and courses.Home groups for friendship, support and teaching.Involvement in the community with support for local school, Christmas shoebox appeal, church office open daily.Supporting missionaries overseas and local Christian charities

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO IN BASINGSTOKE 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.

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: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of BUCKSKIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH (charity 1082493) — merger registered 29/05/2012.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£204k

Latest spending

£204k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded unrestricted expenditure by £18,500, resulting in a net increase in total funds. The trustees confirm the financial position remains sound and note that the church's activities are dependent on donations from members. Free reserves were reported at £25,034, which the trustees consider prudent for maintaining church activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £25k)

“We endeavor to maintain reserves that cover up to 3 months salaries, costs and church running expenses.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Related Party Disclosures

“During the year the total aggregated donations made to the charity by the trustees was £24,120. There were no conditions attached to the donations (total aggregate donations from prior year were £30,007). Page 19” — 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.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £18,842 — grants £18,842 (1); 9% of the £203,782 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £22,440 — grants £22,440 (1); 11% of the £203,748 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £3,042 — grants £3,042 (3); 1% of the £203,992 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew David Dossett
Darren Justin Skipp
Jason Mark Miles
MARGARET THOMPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael George Boys · trustee of 1 other charity
Neil O'Boyle · trustee of 1 other charity
RICHARD DUNCAN SPIERS

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£204k	£204k
31/12/2024	£204k	£182k
31/12/2023	£204k	£188k
31/12/2022	£221k	£208k
31/12/2021	£177k	£215k

Common questions

Is BUCKSKIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded unrestricted expenditure by £18,500, resulting in a net increase in total funds. The trustees confirm the financial position remains sound and note that the church's activities are dependent on donations from members. Free reserves were reported at £25,034, which the trustees consider prudent for maintaining church activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

UPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £87k
BETHEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON income £76k
HOPEFIELD EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £57k
SOUTH CRAVEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £104k
HOUNSLOW EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £123k
MAGDALEN ROAD EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH income £317k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUCKSKIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH	£204k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPNEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£87k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHEL EVANGELICAL CHURCH GORSEINON FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPEFIELD EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£57k	£14,084.40	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH CRAVEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOUNSLOW EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£123k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.