ABINGTON AVENUE U R C
Religious and associated activities.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,787, having exceeded its budgeted deficit. Free reserves of £62,008 are reported to comply with the trustees' policy of holding sufficient funds to cover 3-6 months of ordinary expenditure. While the current year finances for 2026 may show a deficit, the leadership team is confident this can be covered.
What the accounts disclose
“These have increased slightly and account for almost 45% of income.”
“The charity's reserves policy is to hold free reserves sufficient to cover 3-6 months’ ordinary expenditure.” — page 6
“The leadership team considers that the current year finances (2026) may show a deficit but are confident that this can be covered by”
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Trustees
- Beatrice Madzadzavara
- Christine Patricia Whipp
- Christopher Cottle
- Jeffery Charles Prickett
- Julia Hardcastle
- Kay Dian Kerr
- Simon John Whipp
- Susan Elizabeth Croft
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £167k | £164k |
| 31/12/2024 | £153k | £161k |
| 31/12/2023 | £141k | £150k |
| 31/12/2022 | £128k | £148k |
| 31/12/2021 | £134k | £147k |
Common questions
Is ABINGTON AVENUE U R C financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,787, having exceeded its budgeted deficit. Free reserves of £62,008 are reported to comply with the trustees' policy of holding sufficient funds to cover 3-6 months of ordinary expenditure. While the current year finances for 2026 may show a deficit, the leadership team is confident this can be covered. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK government | 01/04/2021 | £3k | Supported Child Contact Centres |
| UK government | 01/01/2020 | £3k | Supported Child Contact Centres |
| UK government | 01/04/2019 | £3k | ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20 |
| UK government | 01/04/2018 | £3k | Supported contact centres |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABINGTON AVENUE U R C | £167k | — | 0 | above | — | noted |
| AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY | £111k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSBROOK ST GABRIEL | £191k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE FREE CHURCH FEDERAL COUNCIL (INCORPORATED) | £240k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK | £167k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WELLINGBOROUGH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY | £235k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |