THE VINE MAIDSTONE

Registered charity 1152659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VINE

The Vine's objective for the public benefit is to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the Articles of Association, in Maidstone and elsewhere in the UK and across the world, as the trustees from time to time determine, and to fulfil such other purposes as are exclusively charitable.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN MAIDSTONE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a financial surplus for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £497,367 exceeding total expenditure of £476,032. The trustees report that the reserve fund was maintained at an unchanged level and that strong cash balances provide a solid financial base to support continuing work. The charity is well placed to continue meeting its charitable objectives with three buildings and a large group of volunteers.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08476230

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.

• MARSON, Vanessa Mary — director, appointed 01/03/2025on trustee list
• BASHFORD, Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• ELPHINSTONE, Andrew John — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• HARGRAVE, Anna Jennifer — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• HARGRAVE, Anthony James — director, appointed 05/06/2015on trustee list
• LOUDEN, Karen Louise — director, appointed 01/05/2015on trustee list
• BASHFORD, James William — director, appointed 01/05/2015on trustee list
• MUSGRAVE, Andrew Paul — director, appointed 05/04/2013on trustee list
• CREASEY, David John — director, appointed 05/04/2013on trustee list
• DAVIES, Nicholas Jonathan — director, appointed 05/04/2013on trustee list
• BASHFORD, Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 24/11/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW PAUL MUSGRAVE
• ANTHONY JAMES HARGRAVE
• Andrew John Elphinstone
• Anna Jennifer Hargrave
• DAVID JOHN CREASEY
• Elizabeth Bashford
• James William Bashford
• Karen Louise Louden
• NICHOLAS JONATHAN DAVIES
• Vanessa Mary Marson

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

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