RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1169035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N/A

The principal object of the charity is the advancement of the Christian religion and the relief of those in need, in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£322k

Latest spending

£314k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £8k for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased income from church member contributions against flat expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with a robust balance sheet and cash reserves of £121k, which are comfortably ahead of their stated policy target of approximately £78k.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% of income)

“Income was up on the previous year (£322k vs £305k), which came from increased church member contributions.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months worth of spending (reserves figure: £121k)

“The charity reserves policy is to aim to maintain reserves at around 3 months worth of spending. Currently this would amount to about £78k.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Three trustees are employed as pastors and receive remuneration for their pastoral duties. Two part-time employees are wives of trustees.

“Three Trustees are also employees, these are the pastors responsible for each church (Wallingford and Didcot) and the Associate Pastor at Wallingford. Employed trustees work as pastors and are paid for that service.”

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
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £5,686 — grants £5,686 (1); 2% of the £322,033 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £12,839 — grants £12,839 (1); 4% of the £305,142 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £18,422 — grants £18,422 (1); 6% of the £303,597 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Darrell Perrins
GARETH MARTIN LLOYD-JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
Nigel Eady
QUILLON KARL HARPHAM

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

Operates in: Germany · India · Oxfordshire · Reading · South Africa · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£322k	£314k
31/08/2024	£305k	£317k
31/08/2023	£304k	£277k
31/08/2022	£270k	£259k
31/08/2021	£290k	£214k

Common questions

Is RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £8k for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased income from church member contributions against flat expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with a robust balance sheet and cash reserves of £121k, which are comfortably ahead of their stated policy target of approximately £78k. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH	£322k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£26k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
KERITH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REBORNE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£179k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RIDGEWAY EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIDGEWAY CHURCH ST ALBANS FY2025	£152k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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