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

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE FOURTH SCHEDULE HERETO AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN THE SAID COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE INCLUDING VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS OR ELECTRONICALLY AND BY ANY OTHER MEDIA WHICH IS OR MAY BECOME AVAILABLE 2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK. 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH EDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DECIDE THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE

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: Cannock Chase, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH (charity 1085046) — merger registered 19/01/2017.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£430k
Latest spending
£227k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant surplus of £203,295 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a considerable rise in income largely due to unsolicited donations. Unrestricted reserves stood at £469,337, which the accounts state is well above the trustees' policy target of maintaining three to six months of normal expenditure. The organization remains in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 3 and 6 months of normal monthly Church expenditure (reserves figure: £469k)
“The Board of Directors have established a policy whereby free reserves held by the charity should be maintained at between 3 and 6 months of normal monthly Church expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50

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

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.

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£430k£227k
31/12/2024£236k£239k
31/12/2023£239k£240k
31/12/2022£227k£223k
31/12/2021£259k£211k

Common questions

Is RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a significant surplus of £203,295 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a considerable rise in income largely due to unsolicited donations. Unrestricted reserves stood at £469,337, which the accounts state is well above the trustees' policy target of maintaining three to six months of normal expenditure. The organization remains in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue its activities. Its FY2025 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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIDLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RUGELEY COMMUNITY CHURCH LIMITED£430k—0above—no doubt
RIDLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£52k£30,4110above—no doubt
ARGYLE COMMUNITY CHURCH, READING FY2025£184k——above—no doubt
RUBERY COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE LTD FY2025£29k—0above—no doubt
BIRTLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
Ruskington Community Church FY2025£61k——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.