St Francis Community Projects

Registered charity 1181105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST FRANCIS’ COMMUNITY CHURCH

i) advancing the Christian Faith: growing a new worshipping Christian community within the new housing areas of Beaulieu and The Channels supported by a Lead Minister.ii) developing the capacity and skills of the community: helping to open and run the new Beaulieu community centre, and meeting the needs of the community we serve, especially those suffering injustice or who are disadvantaged.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are within Chelmsford and the surrounding areas where need arises. (1) To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public, in particular by:(a) providing practical support, pastoral care, prayer, and religious teaching;(b) producing and distributing literature, and holding events and activities to promote the Christian faith.(2) To relieve those in need by reason of financial hardship, in particular by the provision of food, household supplies, and other assistance to individuals and families in need.(3) To advance citizenship and community development by developing the capacity and skills of members of the community in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.(4) To work in partnership with other charities, voluntary organisations, churches, and statutory bodies in furtherance of the above object

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: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's primary income sources are grant funding from local government and other funders, with specific contributions listed from Essex County Council, Essex Community Foundation, Feeding Britain, and Springfield Charities. The Trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with a positive short-term outlook, although they identify securing long-term funding for staff as a key risk.

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 2 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Francis Community Projects (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Drake
• Dr Richard Emond
• Katharine Gauden
• Rebecca Tarplett
• Rev Daniel Charles Pierce · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Essex

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOWN PASTORS.

• TOWN PASTORS income £30k
• FOUNTAINS CHURCH BRADFORD income £557k
• FIELDS CHURCH income £117k
• FAITH HOUSE MINISTRIES income £85k
• CHRISTIAN VISION income £27.2m
• EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH DUFFIELD income £11k

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