SOUTH AFRICAN CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1151071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is established to advance the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world in accordance with its fundamental beliefs which are based on the Reformed Confession.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £35,974 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by inflation-related costs and increased employer National Insurance contributions. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves of £2,099,092 and cash resources of £152,325, which the trustees consider adequate to support activities for the short to medium term. The trustees confirm the going concern basis, noting no debt and sufficient resources to manage business risks while restructuring the ministry.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by David Howard Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £915k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~35.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/09/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MORNE VAN DEN BERGchair
• Charl Steyn · trustee of 2 other charities
• Etienne Gouws
• Frans Johannes Hamman
• Harry Dyason
• JOHAN NELL
• Jacobus Abraham Theron
• Jacobus Steyn De Klerk
• Sophia Aletta Jackman
• WILLEM CORNELUS BEUMER
• Wynand Pieter Viljoen

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

Operates in: Belgium · Birmingham City · Essex · France · Greece · Kent · South Africa · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

• AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k
• SOUTHERNHAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £141k
• ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS income £1.1m
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ARK OF GOD PARISH income £102k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CENTRE WOLVERHAMPTON income £502k
• THE COMMUNITY OF CHRIST PRINCE OF PEACE income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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