HOUGH LANE CHURCH

Registered charity 1194365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is a Church part of the Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches. It provides a religious service every Sunday open to everybody. The Church runs a Christian youth activity each Friday open to Children of secondary school age.The Youngster are taken on visits to further their spiritual development. The church holds periodic special events open to the general public.

Objects

3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS A WESLEYAN REFORM UNION CHURCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND WITH WESLEYAN REFORM UNION PRINCIPLES PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN HOUGH LANE, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £32,019.77, with total expenditure of £25,350.62, resulting in a net surplus. The charity held unrestricted reserves (free cash balances) of £35,488.60 at the end of the period, derived from the budget account balance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 30/10/2023, 272 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Richard Jacksonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Evans · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAUL JASON SULLIVAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Common questions

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• LONG LANE CHURCH income £228k
• WELBY LANE MISSION CHURCH income £119k
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• RUSHDEN INDEPENDENT WESLEYAN CHURCH income £72k
• CHURCH LANE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, STAFFORD income £105k
• WESLEY CHAPEL (HARROGATE) income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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