MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1168712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCF

The primary aim of the charity is to fulfil the role of a Christian Church in the Martock area and to provide help to others in promoting the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and overseas, and maintaining the upkeep and repair of the fabric of buildings, utilised for charitable purposes.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO, IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP IN ITS VARIOUS FACETS BOTH IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF MARTOCK SOMERSET AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING OVERSEAS AND BY MAINTAINING THE UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF THE FABRIC OF BUILDINGS UTILISED EXCLUSIVELY BY MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.B) CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF MARTOCK SOMERSET OR FOR SUCH OTHER AREA IN WHICH MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MAY WORK FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.

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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Latest income
£165k
Latest spending
£150k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £127,212, with £73,179 designated for future building projects, leaving approximately £54,033 in free reserves. The charity's policy targets reserves equivalent to three months of outgoings, which the unrestricted balance appears to exceed given the annual unrestricted expenditure context. The filing reports a cash surplus and adequate resources, with no material uncertainties noted regarding its continuation.

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: £54k)
“The amount of financial reserves or assets to be equivalent of a minimum of 3 months’ of the Fellowships outgoings (staff, utilities, rates, expenses etc) in liquid or near liquid form” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£165k£150k
31/12/2024£162k£188k
31/12/2023£160k£192k
31/12/2022£189k£169k
31/12/2021£175k£141k

Common questions

Is MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £127,212, with £73,179 designated for future building projects, leaving approximately £54,033 in free reserves. The charity's policy targets reserves equivalent to three months of outgoings, which the unrestricted balance appears to exceed given the annual unrestricted expenditure context. The filing reports a cash surplus and adequate resources, with no material uncertainties noted regarding its continuation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation14/08/2020£2kCOVID19 Emergency foodbank funding
UK government13/08/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund