TOTNES UNITED FREE CHURCH

Registered charity 1147962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church and charitable work including Sunday Worship; pastoral care; youth and children's activities; evangelistic and outreach work; and involvement in the local community.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported an operational surplus of £14,203 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total net assets to £113,904. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting two months of annual operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves of £89,204 significantly exceed this target. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 10/11/2023, 10 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Eatonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Leigh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Kendall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Emily Catherine Twigg · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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