CARDEA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1173815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

-THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN CARDEA PETERBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD.-PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING HELPING THOSE IN NEED CONSISTENT WITH DOCTRINAL BELIEF & PRACTICE AS ADOPTED & AMENDED BY THE CHURCH.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE: 1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN CARDEA AND SOUTH STANGROUND AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

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
£51k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £50,641 while expenditure rose to £54,233, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Per the trustees' report, the church maintains a reserves policy of three months' expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed sufficient cash reserves exist to meet ongoing liabilities such as weekly premises rentals.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months expenditure (held: £20k)
“The church has a reserves policy to maintain 3 months expenditure.”
Per its FY2026 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£51k£54k
31/03/2025£47k£48k
31/03/2024£50k£50k
31/03/2023£45k£38k
31/03/2022£39k£38k

Common questions

Is CARDEA COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £50,641 while expenditure rose to £54,233, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Per the trustees' report, the church maintains a reserves policy of three months' expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed sufficient cash reserves exist to meet ongoing liabilities such as weekly premises rentals. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.