DANBURY MISSION CHURCH

Registered charity 1179638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £483,703, with total net assets rising to £1,974,658. The trustees report that general reserves of £263,894 are maintained, which is a small excess over the estimated target of £262,000. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2024 No. In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 37
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £262,000 (held: £264k)
“On this basis it is estimated that general reserves of £262,000 (2023 £207,627) should be maintained.” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: 1 trustee received remuneration for roles as Pastors (Wages £70,473, Pension £17,410, Rental £20,221, Council tax/telephone £265). 2 further related parties received remuneration for administration and cleaning.
“During the period 1 trustees (2023 - 3 Trustees; S Medcroft, D Hartwell until 5 May 2023, J Massie until 5 May 2023) received remuneration for their roles as Pastors, and 2 further related parties received remuneration for their roles within administration and cleaning as follows :Wages - £70,473” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees and related parties gave donations to the charity.
“During the period trustees and related parties gave a total of £58,335 (2023 - £61,635) in donations to the charity.” — page 44
“During the period, 1 trustee received reimbursement of expenses amounting to £3,274 (2023 - £3,613 for 2 trustees).” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received reimbursement of expenses.
“During the period trustees and related parties gave a total of £58,335 (2023 - £61,635) in donations to the charity.” — page 44
“During the period, 1 trustee received reimbursement of expenses amounting to £3,274 (2023 - £3,613 for 2 trustees).” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related parties received remuneration for administration and cleaning.
“During the period trustees and related parties gave a total of £58,335 (2023 - £61,635) in donations to the charity.” — page 44
“During the period, 1 trustee received reimbursement of expenses amounting to £3,274 (2023 - £3,613 for 2 trustees).” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Interest-free loan from a Trustee.
“During the period trustees and related parties gave a total of £58,335 (2023 - £61,635) in donations to the charity.” — page 44
“During the period, 1 trustee received reimbursement of expenses amounting to £3,274 (2023 - £3,613 for 2 trustees).” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BW Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£264k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.0m£1.1m
31/12/2023£1.7m£924k
31/12/2022£834k£771k
31/12/2021£696k£661k
31/12/2020£697k£561k

Common questions

Is DANBURY MISSION CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £483,703, with total net assets rising to £1,974,658. The trustees report that general reserves of £263,894 are maintained, which is a small excess over the estimated target of £262,000. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BW Audit Ltd.

Who funds DANBURY MISSION CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DANBURY MISSION CHURCH as a grant recipient include MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR MISSION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DANBURY MISSION CHURCH£2.0m—1above—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MISSION FY2024£166k—0below—no doubt
David and Jeannie Chambers Charity for Mitcham Lane Baptist Church Charitable Incorporated Organisation FY2024£154k—0above—no doubt
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH FY2025£459k—0unclear—no doubt
DENBIGH MISSION AREA FY2024£316k—0below—no doubt
CHURCH OF GOD MISSION INTERNATIONAL (DAGENHAM) FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt

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