HIGHBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1159085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing church buildings,regular worship services,venue for community groups,activities for parents and pre-school children,facilities suitable for elderly people,comfort for the bereaved,visitation for the sick,support for those in need.Conducting weddings and funerals.Promoting spiritual welfare of children,young people and all others,youth club activities,healthy phsical activities,

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES AND USAGES FOR THE TIME BEING OF CONGREGATIONALISM AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE FOUNDATION TRUSTS. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION RELIEVE NEED AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficiency of £11,762, driven by a loss of major givers and increased utility costs. The trustees note that the current financial position is not sustainable on an ongoing basis and that the 2025 budget is likely to be break-even. However, unrestricted reserves are stated to represent six months of current day-to-day expenditure, meeting the charity's own policy target of retaining at least three months' expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Blazey
• BARBARA LOUISE MIDDLETON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Darryl John Mills
• Gabrielle Anne Lewis
• Mary Simpson Buchanan
• Rev Jason Clare Boyd
• Susan Mary Cole

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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