CATERHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1163464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Public and on-line services for Christian worship and teachingPre-school, toddler and youth groupsCounselling Centre Messy Church for young familiesChristian worship monthly at two local care homesFinancial and practical support for children and young people in need in RomaniaFoodbank with other local churches Working with other local churches

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £6,749 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £158,998. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern and maintains reserves to meet three months of salary commitments.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 14/01/2026, 75 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £249k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Jane Foreman
• Heather McDowell
• John Garwood
• John Gregory Bowdery
• Stephen Martin Bidwell

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATERHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

• CATERHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £136k
• CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH income £79k
• CHRIST CHURCH NEWHAM URC income £156k
• MEADOWHEAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £461k
• BETHANY COMMUNITY CHURCH HARPENDEN income £552k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. income £516k

Side by side with its peers

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