DURSLEY TABERNACLE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1181354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church's Mission Statement is "Inspired by Jesus, walking his way of radical love to make a difference in this world". This is lived out through weekly worship, community support, community events, youth work, appeals on behalf of other charities, courses on the Christian faith, weddings, funerals, exhibitions etc.

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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Latest income

£180k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £42,713 are held, which the trustees consider to be just within their stated policy range of one third to two thirds of normal annual operating expenditure. The General Account generated a small surplus of £432 for the year, while total net assets including designated and restricted funds stood at £112,252.63.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between one third and two thirds of normal annual operating expenditure (4 to 8 months) (held: £43k)

“The Church will aim to hold Unrestricted Funds at a level equivalent to between one third and two thirds of normal annual operating expenditure (4 to 8 months), as determined from the latest published financial accounts.”

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Dennis Allen
Elizabeth Margaret Swanwick
Emma Louise Irvine · trustee of 1 other charity
Heidi Horn
Jackie Pritchard
Jonathan Everett
Julia Martine Carter
Justinbhai Gersombhai Mecwan
Nathan Jones
Rodney Andrew Irvine
Shona Darley

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£180k	£179k
31/12/2024	£123k	£119k
31/12/2023	£102k	£109k
31/12/2022	£106k	£94k
31/12/2021	£85k	£81k

Common questions

Is DURSLEY TABERNACLE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £42,713 are held, which the trustees consider to be just within their stated policy range of one third to two thirds of normal annual operating expenditure. The General Account generated a small surplus of £432 for the year, while total net assets including designated and restricted funds stood at £112,252.63. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/02/2022	£10k	Tab Tots
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/08/2019	£10k	Parsonage Project Phase 2: Fitting Out

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST DULWICH TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.

EAST DULWICH TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH income £102k
Godstone Tabernacle income £463k
CHRIST FAITH TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL income £2.4m
SOUTHERNHAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £141k
FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE TRUST income £282k
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PENARTH income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DURSLEY TABERNACLE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY	£180k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
EAST DULWICH TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Godstone Tabernacle FY2025	£463k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST FAITH TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£2.4m	—	1	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHERNHAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE TRUST FY2024	£282k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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