Vineyard 61 Church

Registered charity 1162655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALHAM VINEYARD CHURCH

WE ARE A CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME. WE HOST SUNDAYSERVICES, COMMUNITY, AND MIDWEEK SOCIAL, SPORTS AND INTEREST GROUPS. We are a multisite church based in SW London with sites in Balham, Battersea, and Wandsworth. We run various projects including 'Warm Spaces', Toddler groups, homeless outreach, healing, evangelism, and various youth work initiatives.

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

Latest income

£728k

Latest spending

£727k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational surplus of approximately £1,000, with total income of £728,249 and total expenditure of £727,288. However, net assets decreased by £21,000 to £1,374,251 due to a £21,600 loss on the revaluation of investment property. The charity holds free reserves of £168,000, which it states is complying with its policy target of £150,000 to £250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to five months of operating expenditure (£150,000 to £250,000) (held: £168k)

“The Trustees aim to hold free reserves (defined as being unrestricted net current assets) of between three to five months of operating expenditure, which equates to reserves that fall in the range £150,000 to £250,000.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£728k

Total spending

£727k

Cost of raising funds

£18k

Reserves (reported)

£168k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TIM BOWERchair
Akshay John
Hamish Dudgeon
JO STONE
Lauren Melachrino
STEVE BATEMAN
William Pike

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£728k	£727k
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£712k
31/03/2023	£553k	£636k
31/03/2022	£485k	£474k
31/03/2021	£504k	£466k

Common questions

Is Vineyard 61 Church financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operational surplus of approximately £1,000, with total income of £728,249 and total expenditure of £727,288. However, net assets decreased by £21,000 to £1,374,251 due to a £21,600 loss on the revaluation of investment property. The charity holds free reserves of £168,000, which it states is complying with its policy target of £150,000 to £250,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	28/09/2020	£8k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund