CORNERSTONE CHURCH BENTHAM

Registered charity 1192066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNERSTONE CHURCH

The promotion and practice of the Christian faith by organising regular meetings for worship, teaching, community support, evangelism and prayer and by supporting other organisations who share similar aims. These objects will be carried out primarily in Bentham and surrounding areas.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND PRACTICE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS EXPRESSED IN THE "ARTICLES OF RELIGION OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM" (ATTACHED) BY ORGANISING REGULAR MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP, TEACHING, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, EVANGELISM AND PRAYER AND BY SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO SHARE SIMILAR AIMS.THESE OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN BENTHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £450 for the period, with total income of £56,918 and total expenses of £56,468. The bank balance increased from £48,107 to £48,557, indicating stable liquidity. The trustees report that the objectives were met through regular worship, community outreach, and support for other causes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Lawsonchair
• Alan Parkinson
• Joan Margaret Lawson
• Steven Lawson

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNERSTONE COLLECTIVE OF CHURCHES.

• CORNERSTONE COLLECTIVE OF CHURCHES income £985k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH (OXFORD) income £127k
• THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD income £498k
• CORNERSTONE BUILDING TRUST income £32k
• NORTH CHEAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £131k
• CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £45k

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