TURNERS HILL FREE CHURCH

Registered charity 1177407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church is open for public worship every Sunday morning. There is a weekly morning prayer meeting which is open to all ladies, a children's group operates every Tuesday morning and a monthly community lunch which is open to all senior citizens. There are no charges made for any of these activities. The church hall is available outside these times by pre-arrangement for use by the community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN TURNERS HILL, WEST SUSSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £105,941, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £3,226 for the year, with total receipts of £76,501 against total payments of £73,275.

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 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Turners Hill Free Church (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Sweetmanchair
• Karen Louise Miller
• Pamela Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Michael James

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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