ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1179741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH NORTHWOOD CHARITY, ST JOHN'S URC NORTHWOOD CHARITY

Local United Reformed Church in Northwood Middlesex. Worship services and pastoral care for members. Facilities available for hire by local community organisations

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

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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Registered contact address: Hillingdon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£228k

Latest spending

£204k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £24,134 for the year, increasing its unrestricted fund balance to £106,334. The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure, a target which the current reserves exceed. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted fund expenditure (reserves figure: £106k)

“The trustees review the charity’s unrestricted reserves on an annual basis and aim to maintain 6 months of unrestricted fund expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 28/01/2023, 89 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr JOHN PHILIP WISEchair
IAIN STEEL BSC
LILIAN MAY EVANS
LORNA MAXWELL TODD

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£228k	£204k
31/12/2024	£266k	£207k
31/12/2023	£266k	£306k
31/12/2022	£159k	£165k
31/12/2021	£105k	£129k

Common questions

Is ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £24,134 for the year, increasing its unrestricted fund balance to £106,334. The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure, a target which the current reserves exceed. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD.	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TAUNTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

TAUNTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £124k
SHREWSBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £163k
JESMOND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £184k
ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY income £227k
CHINGFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £118k
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH BROXBOURNE income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY	£228k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TAUNTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2024	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHREWSBURY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025	£163k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
JESMOND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£184k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ORPINGTON CHARITY FY2025	£227k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINGFORD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£118k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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