KING'S ROAD CHURCH

Registered charity 1186968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity carries out its purposes by:- providing a place of worship; running church services, and prayer and worship meetings; running Alpha courses at which people can find out more about the Christian faith; running speaker events for potential and existing believers to find out more about and develop their faith; operating a foodbank; running a toddler group; pastoral visits.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,060,588 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £1,276,664. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £134,658, which is below the historical policy target of three months' non-discretionary expenditure, prompting a review of adequacy. The charity maintains substantial total reserves of £2,658,363, largely designated for building projects, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Summers Morgan. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rob Gorst — Pastor (source)
• Sue Gorst — Community Pastor (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £850k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~147.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN RONALD WHITEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Richard Irving Walker · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hilary Louise Willard
• Martin Russell WARNER
• Patricia Nirmalini Edwards

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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