FOREST GATE CHURCH

Registered charity 1151147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Forest Gate Church is an independent evangelical Christian church based in the Forest of Dean and affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance. In addition to weekly worship, the church operates a diverse range of activities for Mothers and Toddlers, schoolchildren, young people and senior citizens. The church also supports mission activities across the UK and throughout the world.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £122,596, maintaining a surplus for the year of £12,124. The trustees' report confirms that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which the document notes has been sustained throughout the year. The charity reports stable and sound finances with no material debt.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08310740

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forest Gate Church renovation of Townsend House (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MURRAY, Duncan Mark — director, appointed 22/05/2024on trustee list
• MURRAY, Linda Jane — director, appointed 22/05/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Sandra Lynne — director, appointed 24/05/2023on trustee list
• BIRD, Hayley Rachel — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Keith — secretary, appointed 28/11/2012

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barnaby Sawyer
• Duncan Mark Murray
• Keith Jones
• Linda Jane Murray
• Richard Butler
• Sandra Lynne Jones
• hayley bird · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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