BURY ST EDMUNDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1161627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING SERVICES OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TEACHING CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.PROVIDING MEANS TO ALLOW BELIEVERS TO PRACTISE THEIR FAITH AND APPLY CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.MAKING AVAILABLE LITERATURE EXPLAINING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND HOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THE HOLY BIBLE.SHOWING PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN CHARITY TO THOSE IN NEED.

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Latest income
£89k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £1,142 for the year, which was funded from existing reserves. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted funds satisfactory against their policy to maintain at least six months' unrestricted payments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ unrestricted payments (held: £193k)
“maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to at least six months’ unrestricted payments” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: The Rev Matthew Jolley received a stipend.
“During the accounting period the charity paid one trustee as an office holder, The Rev Matthew Jolley, who received a stipend in his capacity as full-time minister of the church.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“During the accounting period the charity paid one trustee as an office holder, The Rev Matthew Jolley, who received a stipend in his capacity as full-time minister of the church.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£89k£90k
31/08/2024£89k£96k
31/08/2023£86k£67k
31/08/2022£69k£64k
31/08/2021£86k£54k

Common questions

Is BURY ST EDMUNDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £1,142 for the year, which was funded from existing reserves. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted funds satisfactory against their policy to maintain at least six months' unrestricted payments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.