ASHLEY CHURCH

Registered charity 1189293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church provides public worship in St Alban's and weekly prayer meetings. It also runs a parent and toddler group and various social activities for the local community e.g. craft cafe, art group. We support charities who provide practical and financial support to people in need in the UK and abroad and organisations that provide outreach into local schools and other outreach organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;4.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK; AND4.3. TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted bank and cash balances of £190,410, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet foreseeable liabilities. The trustees' policy is simply to maintain charity reserves, without specifying a target duration or amount. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to maintain the charity reserves (reserves figure: £190k)

“The current policy of the trustees is to maintain the charity reserves” — page 7

Per its FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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: 10

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

Volunteers: 6

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

Volunteers: 6

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 (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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Shaun Perrymanchair
Carole Cecilia Perryman
Claire Elizabeth Wilkinson
Claire Louise Pinney
GILLIAN ANN BYWATERS
Gillian Jalland

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£32k	£29k
31/12/2024	£35k	£22k
31/12/2023	£27k	£25k
31/12/2022	£30k	£28k
31/12/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is ASHLEY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted bank and cash balances of £190,410, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet foreseeable liabilities. The trustees' policy is simply to maintain charity reserves, without specifying a target duration or amount. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts comply with accounting records and statutory requirements. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£250

Charities like this

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

ASSEMBLE CHURCH income £92k
STOKE ASH BAPTIST CHURCH income £53k
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH income £204k
ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £296k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SHIPLEY income £109k
MARCH EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP income £51k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASHLEY CHURCH	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSEMBLE CHURCH FY2025	£92k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STOKE ASH BAPTIST CHURCH FY2026	£53k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£204k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2024	£296k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SHIPLEY FY2025	£109k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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