DOVER VINEYARD CHURCH

Registered charity 1187148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dover Vineyard Church is an evangelical church based in Kent. We are creating a community which brings hope and joy to Dover by introducing people to Jesus and teaching them to live by his example. We are committed to the alleviation of poverty, especially that which effects children and helping all people become all they were created to be.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD THROUGH:- THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP;- THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES AS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHURCH, TO ENABLE IT TO FULFIL ITS MISSION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, VISITORS TO THE CHURCH AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY;- THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR CHRISTIAN TRAINING AND SERVICE;- THE SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH;- THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE WIDER CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ITS MINISTRIES.

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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Registered contact address: Dover, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £5,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a deficit compared to the previous year's surplus. Per the trustees' report, total available funds were £35,269 at the reporting date, with unrestricted reserves of only £395, which the trustees believe will support the charity going forward.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Timothy Bothamleychair
• Anthony Edwards
• David John Brittain
• Elizabeth Clare Bunton
• Joanne Bothamley
• Laura Ashman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOUCESTER VINEYARD CHURCH.

• GLOUCESTER VINEYARD CHURCH income £115k
• COVENTRY VINEYARD income £131k
• LONDON LIFE VINEYARD CHURCH LIMITED income £44k
• Verso Vineyard Church Limited income £2.1m
• BRENTWOOD VINEYARD CHURCH income £109k
• VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF STEVENAGE income £232k

Side by side with its peers

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