DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1147142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian faith for the benefit of the public by providing regular opportunities for people to see, hear, or read the message of the Christian Gospel and by providing financial support to missionaries, missionary organisations or other churches which operate in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.Relief of hardship through the provision of grants, gifts, goods or services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£193k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £118,080, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £11,684 for the year, with total net assets of £792,292, and the trustees confirm the charity is financially viable and sustainable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £85,000 (held: £118k)
“The Trustees have a policy of holding reserves planned to be sufficient to cover the Charity’s estimated liabilities for unforeseen events and/or in the event of a winding up. The Trustees have reviewed these requirements for all the Congregations and estimate the required reserves to be £85,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield · Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£193k£182k
30/09/2024£189k£176k
30/09/2023£190k£228k
30/09/2022£223k£229k
30/09/2021£246k£197k

Common questions

Is DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £118,080, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £11,684 for the year, with total net assets of £792,292, and the trustees confirm the charity is financially viable and sustainable. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£50k
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY1£40k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH£193k—0above—no doubt
DEWSBURY GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025£223k—0unclear—no doubt
WELWYN EVANGELICAL CHURCH ( FORMERLY BETHEL CHAPEL WELWYN) FY2025£124k£50,001 - £60,0000above—no doubt
PELSALL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£415k—0above—no doubt
ST GILES’ CHURCH, DESBOROUGH FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024£113k—0above—no doubt

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