WHADDON ROAD EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1159580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CEFC, CHELTENHAM EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Holding public worship services each Sunday, and other meetings through the week, to promote the spiritual growth of those in attendance. Supporting missionary activities through prayer and financial aid, and giving similar support to individuals who find themselves in need. Maintaining links with other like-minded churches and holding occasional joint meetings.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH AND CATECHISMS APPLICABLE TO THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD INCLUDING FOREIGN MISSIONS 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 TRUST.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER 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.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£136k
Latest spending
£140k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £3,693 for the period, with unrestricted funds showing a small surplus of £122. The trustees attribute the restricted fund deficit to property costs exceeding available funds, while noting that general donations decreased compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: General donations
“General donations received in the year has decreased from £85,249 in 2024 to £80,367 in 2025” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£136k£140k
31/03/2024£171k£169k
31/03/2023£98k£107k
31/03/2022£106k£88k
31/03/2021£54k£44k

Common questions

Is WHADDON ROAD EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £3,693 for the period, with unrestricted funds showing a small surplus of £122. The trustees attribute the restricted fund deficit to property costs exceeding available funds, while noting that general donations decreased compared to the previous year.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHADDON ROAD EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH£136k—0unclear—no doubt
CHELMSFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FY2025£131k£40,1400above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£111k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE, NEWPORT PAGNELL FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHOBHAM WITH VALLEY END FY2024£144k—0unclear—no doubt

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