BISHOPS STORTFORD CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

Registered charity 1153114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSCA

Weekly worship, evangelistic, teaching services. Evangelistic/mission events: public invited, include Christian festivals/summer programmes; Prayer meetings - full church / separate ladies & men's meetings. Childrens activities; Men's & ladies clubs. Social events: Meals,picnics, BBQ's, walks, outings, cafe. The production/distribution of literature to enlighten others about the Christian faith.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £81,701, which the trustees confirm remain within the scope of their reserve policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES BRIAN FERGUSONchair
• CHRISTINE HEATHER BOWKER
• GARY TULLIO ELLIS
• KA WAI CHAN
• SIMON RICHARD PRINCE
• TIMOTHY PETER JONES

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · India · Nepal · Somerset · Stockport · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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