ROSE LANE GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1159094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust provides and maintains gospel halls for the religious activities of Christians known as 'Brethren', in and around Biggleswade. There is a structured weekly schedule of meetings held in one or more of the gospel halls. The services and meetings are attended by the regular congregation and many of the services are open to other visitors who are properly disposed.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£226k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of incoming resources over expenditure for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £4,057,279. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves to maintain its halls and continue operations, noting that increased energy costs are not significantly impacting its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from other Gospel Hall Trusts
“The Trust received donations amounting to £1,038,000 from other Gospel Hall Trusts during the year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to provide for the ongoing maintenance of the halls and put aside for the consumption of the assets and their facilities over time (held: £1.6m)
“Accordingly, the Trustees have decided to adopt a policy of maintaining sufficient reserves to provide for the ongoing maintenance of the halls and put aside for the consumption of the assets and their facilities over time.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£226k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~86.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£1.4m£226k
05/04/2024£203k£215k
05/04/2023£137k£204k
05/04/2022£515k£555k
05/04/2021£131k£125k

Common questions

Is ROSE LANE GOSPEL HALL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of incoming resources over expenditure for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £4,057,279. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves to maintain its halls and continue operations, noting that increased energy costs are not significantly impacting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

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
PBCC Properties UK1£112k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWAFFHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROSE LANE GOSPEL HALL TRUST£1.4m—0above—no doubt
SWAFFHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
DOWNHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST HERTS GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
HEATHWOOD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEEWOOD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt

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