MERLAND RISE CHURCH

Registered charity 1187784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORMERLY KNOWN AS TATTENHAM CORNER EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

To promote the Christian faith within the local community and in the wider world

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH DOCTRINAL BASIS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN TADWORTH, TATTENHAM CORNER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS; AND4.2 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £43,005 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,053,054 to £2,010,049. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves met its stated policy targets, maintaining a General Reserve Fund of £15,000 and a General Repairs and Maintenance Fund. The trustees confirm that cash resources are sufficient to cover working capital requirements for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard James Powellchair
• David Thomas
• Kristian Mark Peter Lane
• Pradeep Oliver
• Simon Edward Pain

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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