CONNECT GROUP

Registered charity 1171750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONNECT CHURCH

Sunday public worship and children's 'Champion Makers'Midweek Bible study, prayer and fellowship meetingsZoom meetings and Lifegroup MeetingsCommunity Drop-in Centre, lunch clubs, art and song, community eventsVenue and facilities hire

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,703.19 for the year ended 30 November 2025, compared to a negligible surplus in the prior year. Total income increased significantly to £84,932.21 from £24,280.04, while total expenditures rose to £93,635.40 from £24,279.74. The charity holds unrestricted reserves (Charity Funds) of £191,079.61, which the trustees consider adequate for current operations.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aileen Leslie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Fadero
• Kenneth Oldham
• PASTOR BENJAMIN DAVID CONWAY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Yewande Phillips

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• COMMUNITY CONNEX LTD. income £2.5m
• CONNECTIONS TRUST income £116k
• HOPE CONNECT CHURCH income £59k
• CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH income £79k
• THE CONNECTION CHURCH income £70k
• A NEW THING income £136k

Side by side with its peers

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