COM CHURCH

Registered charity 1182065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COM CHURCH DUNSTABLE

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND HELP RELIEVE HARDSHIP FOR ALL PEOPLE IN ALL ITS FORMS, WHEREVER IT OCCURS

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN DUNSTABLE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE COMPANY2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN DUNSTABLE BY: -THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS AND SERVICES-THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £889,370, with cash at bank rising to £460,108, indicating strong liquidity. The trustees report satisfaction with financial results despite an economic downturn, noting that bank accounts remained in credit throughout the year. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme with no disclosed deficit.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~26.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 29.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIAN DOUGLAS RICHARDSchair
• CLIVE ROLAND COOK · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID EDWARD OWEN
• Damani Johnson
• David George Harold Butler
• SHARON CLAUDIA FAY SIMMS
• TIMOTHY JOHN PRESTON

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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