ST ANDREW'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH BALHAM CHARITY

Registered charity 1189024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our church offers regular Sunday service, Bible study, and Sacrament.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED 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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Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £7,756.97 for the year ending 31 December 2025. Free reserves stood at £17,167.14, representing a decrease from the previous year's balance. The trustees expressed uncertainty about the future of the charity in their annual report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We look forward into 2026 with uncertainty about the future of St Andrews but a lifelong commitment to Jesus Christ and a passion to continue t worship on this site.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £2,150 — contracts £2,150 (1); 8% of the £27,501 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 19/01/2026, 80 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 19/01/2026, 445 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£31k£38k
31/12/2024£28k£24k
31/12/2023£28k£25k
31/12/2022£28k£26k
31/12/2021£21k£26k

Common questions

Is ST ANDREW'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH BALHAM CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £7,756.97 for the year ending 31 December 2025. Free reserves stood at £17,167.14, representing a decrease from the previous year's balance. The trustees expressed uncertainty about the future of the charity in their annual report. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST1£5k
THE SOLA TRUST1£4k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY & ST JOHN THE DIVINE, BALHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST ANDREW'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH BALHAM CHARITY£31k—0unclear—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY & ST JOHN THE DIVINE, BALHAM FY2025£198k——above—no doubt
CATERHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£136k——unclear—no doubt
FAREHAM CHURCH OF FREE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS FY2024£24k—0unclear—no doubt
OLDHAM BETHEL CHURCH FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDONDERRY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt

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