CHRIST CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON CIO

Registered charity 1164459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faithprimarily but not exclusively within Southampton and the adjacent areas and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the Partners of the Church General Meeting, further the work of the Church.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN SOUTHAMPTON AND THE ADJACENT AREAS.2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE CHURCH, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES MUST FIRST BE APPROVED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE PARTNERS OF THE CHURCH AND MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH.

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: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the eight-month period, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £766,015 to £739,358. The trustees confirm that free reserves are maintained at a level sufficient to continue fulfilling charitable objectives and mitigate risks. The organization's funding principally comes from gifts and donations by the congregation.

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 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
• 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

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Martyn Lawson
• Francis Edward Orlando Saer · trustee of 4 other charities
• James Digby Steven Faux
• John Edward Phillip Taylor
• Matthew David Hill
• Nigel Paul Bridges · trustee of 2 other charities
• Simon Timothy Aellen
• Thomas James Bell

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

• SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £115k
• SOUTHAMPTON LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £218k
• STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH income £331k
• CHRIST CENTRAL CHURCH income £258k
• CHRIST CHURCH AND ST. JOHN, CLAPHAM income £90k
• CHRIST CHURCH COTTINGHAM income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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