HORWICH EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1153620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Worship services (all open to the public), dedication of infants, adult baptism, marriages, funeralsMeetings for Bible study and prayerSupporting missionary and evangelistic workVisiting the sick and lonelyWeekly luncheon club for the elderlyParticipating in local inter-church projects which address community needs (eg food bank)

Objects

UPON TRUST TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THE SAME IN PROPER REPAIR, SO FAR AS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH REPAIRS ARE FROM TIME TO TIME RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEES, AND (UNLESS DEEMED UNNECESSARY) TO INSURE THE SAME AGAINST FIRE, AND TO PERMIT THE SAID PREMISES AND ALL OR ANY BUILDINGS OR BUILDING WHICH NOW ARE, OR IS OR MAY HEREAFTER BE ERECTED ON THE SAME PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF , TO BE USED BY BELIEVERS PROFESSEDLY HOLDING THE DOCTRINES APPROVED BY TRUSTEES AS SET FORTH IN FORTH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO, AND (IF ASSEMBLING AS A CHURCH) OBSERVING THE PRACTICES SET FORTH IN THE SAID SCHEDULE, FOR THE CONDUCT OF MEETINGS FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD, FOR THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD, FOR THE FELLOWSHIP AND EDIFICATION OF BELIEVERS, AND ALSO FOR THE HOLDING OF SUNDAY SCHOOL AND OTHER MEETINGS CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE FORGOING PURPOSES (HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY CALLED "THE PURPOSES AFORESAID") AND APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES

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 church reported a surplus of £877.35 for the year, with total receipts of £29,806.20 against total expenditure of £28,928.85. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £67,933.02, which the examiner notes excludes the value of the church building. The examiner confirmed the accounts give a true and fair view and noted no known liabilities.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eric Kentchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Savage
• KEITH DOWNHAM
• MICHAEL DEWHURST
• MICHAEL WILLIAM WILSON
• Paul Martin Chapple
• RAY WILLIAM HAUGHTON
• SHAUN COOPER

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

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