Faith in the Community, Fleetwood

Registered charity 1172609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MUSTARD SEED GROUP, THE MUSTARD SEED GROUP (FLEETWOOD)

At their Trustees meeting on 16/03/23 the Trustees approved a change to their objectives to read: Faith in the Community Fleetwood, exists to support the relief of poverty in Fleetwood by providing food parcels and other forms of support to improve the general well-being of all those accessing our services.

Objects

(1) Faith in the Community is a voluntary organisation providing support to the community of Fleetwood through the prevention or relief of poverty [or financial hardship] by providing or assisting in the provision of:a. Education and Trainingb. Accommodation and Housingc. Economic community development/employmentd. Other charitable purposes to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a real bank account of £107,257.76 and a cash balance of £2,455 at the end of the period. Per the treasurer's report, the charity achieved a surplus of £11,000, although it notes that projected rises in food maintenance costs may eat away at any surplus in 2025. Reserves of £21,346 are held specifically for food and heating/lighting as part of the charity's reserves policy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Faith in the Community Fleetwood (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN EASTWOOD optional · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Alfred Hayes
• Sharon Jones
• Stephanie Ashcroft
• Stephen Doherty
• Vivien McCarron

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• FLEETWOOD TRUST income £1.0m
• FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP (READING) CIO income £425k
• COMMUNITY LIFE TRUST income £793k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS FLEETWOOD IN THE DIOCESE OF BLACKBURN income £331k
• FLEETVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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