GRACE CHURCH EXETER

Registered charity 1182435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian Church

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE TO THIS CONSTITUTION, IN DEVON AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN TEACHING AND EDUCATION, AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION DECIDE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PURPOSES SET OUT IN THIS CLAUSE;(B) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £42,306 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £537,727. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy targets four months of expenditure, approximately £105,000, which the trustees consider has been maintained.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Grace Church Exeter (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £248k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Jeremy Collison
• Claire Nicola Annetts
• Daniel Roach
• David Mark Rogers
• Elizabeth Anne Gingell
• Emma Louise Davis

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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• GRACE CHURCH MANCHESTER income £184k
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• GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
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Side by side with its peers

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