OAK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1174870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Weekly acts of worship are held on Sunday mornings and a Bible study, prayer or fellowship meeting is held midweek. The church runs a Sunday school for anyone of primary school age or younger every Sunday, a youth group for those of secondary school age once a month, and a Mums and Toddlers group which meets in term time. Bromley Borough Foodbank uses its land and buildings thrice a week free.

Objects

3.1. THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN ST. MARY CRAY AND ST PAUL'S CRAY, ORPINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND3.1.2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AS SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE FELLOWSHIP, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's overall bank balance increased by approximately £13,177 over the year due to large one-off gifts and gift aid returns. The trustees report that these funds have enabled the establishment of healthy reserves to provide security for future challenges. The financial position is described as much stronger, with no material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations disclosed.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SAMANTHA MARLOWchair
• Christopher James Holloway
• VANESSA STEVEN
• WENDY MAY

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent · Mozambique

Income and spending

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