CRAWLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1164196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We promote the Gospel through weekly worship Services, prayer meetings, outreach groups, pastoral support, Bible study. The church is located in Pound Hill Crawley on the eastern side of Crawley in a community comprising some 4000 dwellings. Local charity support focuses on a homelessness centre and a hospice. Outreach includes liaison with some 200 third party hall users per week.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

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

Latest income
£98k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £98,234, with total expenditure at £98,285, resulting in a net expenditure of £51. The trustees report that finances have remained at healthy levels, bolstered by steady premises and car park income, despite a downward trend in congregational giving.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: The minister Rev'd Cristina Cripirani is employed directly by the Synod. The church makes contributions to the Synod Ministry and Mission fund from which the salary is paid. These contributions amounted to £27,720 during the year (2024: £26,400).
“During the year, one of the Trustees has been paid remuneration or has received other benefits from an employment related to the Charity. The minister Rev'd Cristina Cripirani is employed directly by the Synod. The church makes contributions to the Synod Ministry and Mission fund from which the salary is paid. These contributions amounted to £27,720 during the year (2024: £26,400).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 9
“The minister Rev'd Cristina Cripirani is employed directly by the Synod. The church makes contributions to the Synod Ministry and Mission fund from which the salary is paid. These contributions amounted to £27,720 during the year (2024: £26,400).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 26

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 31

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£98k£98k
31/12/2024£92k£91k
31/12/2023£119k£148k
31/12/2022£88k£81k
31/12/2021£118k£43k

Common questions

Is CRAWLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £98,234, with total expenditure at £98,285, resulting in a net expenditure of £51. The trustees report that finances have remained at healthy levels, bolstered by steady premises and car park income, despite a downward trend in congregational giving. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£19kCrawley United Reformed Church

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£1k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CRAWLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY£98k—0unclear—no doubt
CHORLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£162k—0below—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH SWANLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£142k—0unclear—no doubt
PURLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025£153k—0below—no doubt
BROMLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
CLAPTON PARK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025£470k—0within—no doubt

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