CORNERSTONE COLLECTIVE OF CHURCHES

Registered charity 1152099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNERSTONE CHURCH, CORNERSTONE CHURCH, LIVERPOOL

Public preaching of the Gospel in order to advance the Christian faith in our sphere of operation; training men and women for church leadership, and running activities open to our communities such as parent/carer and toddler/baby groups, a food pantry, youth groups, fitness classes and support for the development of wider skill sets. Planting churches through the development of Gospel Communities.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

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Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a substantial financial surplus in its general fund, leaving unrestricted reserves of approximately £100,000. This figure is above the charity's stated policy target of holding three months of salary payments (approximately £99,000). The trustees report that the financial profile has remained stable operationally, with adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £145k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (04/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MATTHEW ROBERT NEWBERRYchair
• ALAN JOHN TAYLOR
• ANDREW CURTIS CRAIG
• ANNA NICOLE WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTIAN NEIL FORSYTHE · trustee of 1 other charity
• LEE STANLEY HORNE
• STEVEN LEE ROBINSON

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

• CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £45k
• CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH BENTHAM income £57k
• Cornerstone Church Bristol income £99k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH SWANSEA income £344k
• THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD income £498k

Side by side with its peers

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