BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

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

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Latest income

£638k

Latest spending

£195k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £481k)

“total monies held for use day by day and in reserve by the church at the end of March 2025 were £481,069, deemed sufficient to cover at least 3 months' worth of expenses”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 15

“The aggregate of donations received from trustees and related parties during the year was £65,012 (2024: £127,902). Other transactions with trustees are disclosed in note 4 above.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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)

Total income

£638k

Total spending

£195k

Reserves (reported)

£481k

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£638k	£195k
31/03/2024	£866k	£194k
31/03/2023	£362k	£145k
31/03/2022	£294k	£154k
31/03/2021	£225k	£130k

Common questions

Is BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE ALMOND TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2024	£150k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2025	£125k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2023	£40k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2022	£15k	To support ongoing work and specific projects

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON	1	£200k
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£50k
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY	1	£40k
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

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

WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k
NEWTOWN EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £125k
CENTRE CHURCH income £145k
NEW GROUND CHURCHES income £450k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH	£638k	—	above	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH FY2025	£459k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVESHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWTOWN EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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