WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH

Registered charity 1168834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

? Worship and prayer? Evangelism and mission, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally? Expressing God?s love to the community through the mission of the church? Nurture and growth of Christian disciples? Training and equipping the congregation for Christian service? Giving pastoral care? Supporting charitable social action at home and abroad

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR BEYOND. THE CIO MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR BEYOND.

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

£459k

Latest spending

£415k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £788,505, which is above the stated policy target of holding a minimum of four months of average expenditure in cash and bank accounts. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £39,062 for the year, funded partly by a previous windfall from lease extensions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months average expenditure in cash and in bank accounts (held: £789k)

“The reserves policy is to aim to a minimum of four months average expenditure in cash and in bank accounts” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 9

“One staff member receiving remuneration, Charlotte Thackery, is related to Christopher Thackery.” — page 14

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jose Maria Listechair · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Charles Perriman · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew John Hart
Holly Rose Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Honor Grace Green
ROSE-MARIE GRANT
Rosana Conception Escobar

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£459k	£415k
31/03/2024	£420k	£391k
31/03/2023	£398k	£325k
31/03/2022	£404k	£263k
31/03/2021	£146k	£283k

Common questions

Is WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £788,505, which is above the stated policy target of holding a minimum of four months of average expenditure in cash and bank accounts. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £39,062 for the year, funded partly by a previous windfall from lease extensions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH as a grant recipient include BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	FY2022	£0

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
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL	1	£59k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GRAYS NORTH AND STIFFORD IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GRAYS NORTH AND STIFFORD IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD income £146k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH income £410k
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £162k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GROVE income £261k
CHRIST MIRACLE CHURCH MISSION BOURNEMOUTH ( VICTORY ASSEMBLY) income £225k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH	£459k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GRAYS NORTH AND STIFFORD IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE FY2025	£403k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£410k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£162k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, GROVE FY2025	£261k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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