WEST BIRMINGHAM CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA

Registered charity 1163450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We hold meetings, open to the public, for Christian worship, prayer, breaking of bread by Christadelphians & Bible teaching. We engage with the public in & around West Birmingham by preaching, running a Sunday School & youth clubs etc.. We collect money, mainly from Christadelphians, for charitable needs including disaster relief. We try to serve the pastoral & other needs of members & others.

Objects

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (?THE OBJECTS?) ARE: TO ADVANCE BIBLE-BASED CHRISTIAN FAITH TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE HONOUR OF JESUS CHRIST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTADELPHIAN BIRMINGHAM AMENDED STATEMENT OF FAITH, ANNEXED HERETO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHRISTADELPHIAN COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND WEST BIRMINGHAM THROUGH ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: A. HOLDING MEETINGS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FOR WORSHIP, PRAYER, BREAKING OF BREAD BY CHRISTADELPHIANS AND BIBLE TEACHING; B. PREACHING TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND/OR BY INVITATIONS TO PREACHING/TEACHING MEETINGS AND/OR BY OTHER MEANS; C. ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUNDAY SCHOOL AND/OR YOUTH CLUB(S) AND/OR OTHER OCCASIONAL ACTIVITIES; D. ENGAGING WITH THE WIDER CHRISTADELPHIAN COMMUNITY AND WIDER PUBLIC THROUGH PERIODIC COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITABLE NEEDS, INCLUDING COLLECTIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF; AND E. SERVING, TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE PASTORAL AND OTHER WELFARE NEEDS OF ECCLESIAL MEMBERS AND OTHERS.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £40,869 and total expenditure was £41,165, resulting in a small deficit of £296 for the year. Free reserves stood at £3,761, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy of holding up to 12 months of general expenditure. The charity holds a freehold property valued at £200,000 and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID PHILLIPS
• David John Reed
• James Freeman McLean
• Jared Bilton
• MATTHEW REED
• Stephen John Ashton
• Timothy Martin Follis

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

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