CORNERSTONE CHURCH BRIGHOUSE

Registered charity 1197078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCB

As a church we undertake: Communal worship, the ministering of God's Word and sacraments, and prayer in Sunday services and other prayer and Bible study in home group meetings; family, youth and adult engagement and support activities; pastoral care of the church fellowship and wider church family; and provision of a church cafe (Cafe 139 is run from the church's own premises).

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £24,463, which exceeds its stated policy target of more than £20,000. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £90k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Chris Tinkerchair
• Allan Raw
• JONATHAN PAUL MASHINTER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m
• Cornerstone Bath income £133k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH, BOURNEMOUTH income £161k
• CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CENTRE income £122k
• THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD income £498k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH (ST ALBANS) income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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