CENTRE CHURCH

Registered charity 1185070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the Christian faith by the proclamation of the Gospel and through worship.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, GATHERING IN PUBLIC OR AT OTHER TIMES FOR TEACHING OF THE BIBLE, WORSHIP AND PRAISE, EVANGELISM, STUDY, PRAYER, CHILD AND YOUTH WORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE;2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS BY ANY MEANS SUCH AS GIFTS, DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, LOANS AND ADVANCES WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST;3. TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£167k

Latest spending

£162k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £21,147 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £145,188 against expenditure of £124,041. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £248,656, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining at least one month's unrestricted reserves. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month's unrestricted reserves (held: £249k)

“It is the charity's policy to maintain at least one month's unrestricted reserves in the bank account to cover the essential administrative and general costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 (11/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Guy Harwood
Paul Aylett
Samantha Kesia Harwood
Samantha Rose Gentry

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£167k	£162k
31/12/2024	£145k	£124k
31/12/2023	£161k	£103k
31/12/2022	£148k	£128k
31/12/2021	£162k	£152k

Common questions

Is CENTRE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £21,147 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £145,188 against expenditure of £124,041. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £248,656, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining at least one month's unrestricted reserves. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 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 HEART OF ENGLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1	£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH	1	£300

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE MINISTRIES.

CENTRE MINISTRIES income £1.8m
CHRIST CENTRAL LONDON income £345k
KINGS CHURCH CENTRE NORWICH income £1.2m
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO income £763k
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
STOCKPORT CENTRE CHURCH income £122k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CENTRE CHURCH	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE MINISTRIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CENTRAL LONDON FY2024	£345k	—	above	—	no doubt
KINGS CHURCH CENTRE NORWICH FY2024	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025	£763k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£248k	—	above	—	no doubt

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