Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED

Registered charity 1152303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rugeley Community Church's aim is to be church family living out the love of God in all we do & to all we meet. As Rugeley Community Centre we show this love practically, working with local community to provide activities & services e.g. Foodbank, Access English & holiday fit-n-fed scheme Active-ate. Working together with organisations we hire out our facilities for the benefit of the community

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

Latest income
£236k
Latest spending
£239k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £2,305 for the year, with total income of £236,402 and expenses of £238,707. The trustees report that they are confident the charity can cover all running costs from Centre income and steward the Centre for the long term. Free reserves are held at £266,205, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of 3 to 6 months of normal monthly expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (32% of income)
“Rental income 75,477” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of normal monthly Church expenditure (held: £266k)
“free reserves held by the charity should be maintained at between 3 and 6 months of normal monthly Church expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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 £165k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£236k£239k
31/12/2023£239k£240k
31/12/2022£227k£223k
31/12/2021£259k£211k
31/12/2020£199k£122k

Common questions

Is RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £2,305 for the year, with total income of £236,402 and expenses of £238,707. The trustees report that they are confident the charity can cover all running costs from Centre income and steward the Centre for the long term. Free reserves are held at £266,205, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of 3 to 6 months of normal monthly expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery07/03/2025£30kMillionaire Street 2025 03w2
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£10kActive-ate Summer