BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1167497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BINSCOMBE CHURCH

Knowing God through Jesus and making him known to others. Central to this is Bible teaching and prayer; equipping our members to follow Jesus and to serve each other, our local community and beyond, with the Christian message in word and action.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN GODALMING AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MANAGING TRUSTEES, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE 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: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held at the end of March 2025 were £2,709,506, with unrestricted reserves of £481,069 deemed sufficient to cover at least three months' expenses. The charity is actively funding the construction of a new church centre, having drawn down funds from its restricted building fund, while maintaining support for paid employees and other Christian organisations.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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.

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~29.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER HITCHCOCKchair
• Alison Howard-Williams
• Anna Rossiter
• David Simpson
• Ian Rossiter
• Nicole Doyle
• Norman Simpson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Davis
• Sarah Hunt
• Sarah Shelley

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH.

• EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
• DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £193k
• THE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM income £52k
• HOLMGATE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £105k
• OAKHAM EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £40k
• AINSDALE EVANGELICAL CHURCH TRUST income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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