WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1176698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCF2

We meet weekly as a Church in Whitby for public worship teaching and preaching. We also run youth work and Sunday schools. We support mission work in UK and overseas. We also help local individuals and organisations including relief of suffering education and other ways.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN WHITBY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, 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 COMMUNITY FACILITIES;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 CIO FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£168k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £25,607 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by building development costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy targets six months of running costs, but unrestricted funds decreased from £131,185 to £105,203 during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of running costs (reserves figure: £105k)

“The Reserves Policy is to allow 6 months of running costs to be held in net current assets.” — page 7

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £600 — grants £600 (1); under 1% of the £253,039 total gross income on the same return

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

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 (24/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW WILLIAM LLOYDchair
Alan Foster
Andrew Sawyer
CAROLE MAY ELLIOTT
DAVID MICHAEL FITTON
Luke Walker
William Whitehead

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£143k	£168k
31/12/2024	£125k	£125k
31/12/2023	£253k	£93k
31/12/2022	£89k	£86k
31/12/2021	£70k	£67k

Common questions

Is WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £25,607 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by building development costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy targets six months of running costs, but unrestricted funds decreased from £131,185 to £105,203 during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP as a grant recipient include THE GOSHEN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2024	£60k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2023	£3k

Charities like this

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

WHITLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £54k
WEMBLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £219k
WHITBY MISSION AND SEAFARERS TRUST income £97k
WEST STREET CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £307k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WINCHESTER income £997k
LIVING BREAD FELLOWSHIP CHURCH income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEMBLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2026	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITBY MISSION AND SEAFARERS TRUST FY2024	£97k	—	unclear	—	noted
WEST STREET CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WINCHESTER FY2025	£997k	—	above	—	no doubt

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