WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1163593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Contemporary and informal in style, WCC is an evangelical, all age fellowship who follows Jesus and serves our local community. We support local youth and children's work projects, community festivals and provide informal courses for those seeking to know more about the Christian faith. WCC is an active member of Wheatley Area Churches.

Objects

3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN WHEATLEY (OXFORDSHIRE) AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND3.1.2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AS SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE FELLOWSHIP, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,345, representing six months of reserves, despite a decrease in cash position of almost £8,000 during the year. The charity reported that payments outweighed receipts by approximately £1,000 per month, a gap currently covered by reserves. The trustees intend to appeal for increased giving in 2026 to address this shortfall.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Smith
• Mark George Walter Humphriss
• Simon Garwood
• Wendy Taylor Hill

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. GREGORY AND ST. MARTIN, WYE.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. GREGORY AND ST. MARTIN, WYE income £223k
• WAVERTREE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE income £312k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY income £116k
• CRAWLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £315k
• WOOLWICH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £120k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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