ASSEMBLE CHURCH
Assemble Church provides a weekly Sunday Service which is open to all. We also run mid-week groups around various things including interest groups, bible studies, and prayer groups. We are also involved in running a toddler group, as well as courses that support people who are unemployed.
Objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £11,749 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £106,551. The trustees affirm that the financial position remains satisfactory with good financial management. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,645 against a policy target of three months' operating expenses.
What the accounts disclose
“The reserves policy aims to maintain three months’ worth of operating expenses to support charitable activities, primarily covering salary costs, in the event of a decline in income from donations.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025
- Volunteers: 60
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024
- Volunteers: 70
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023
- Volunteers: 50
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 13/05/2025, 13 days after the 30/04/2025 due date).
Trustees
- David Albert Hemming
- David Robert Southey
- Dominic O'Connell
- Neil Anthony Fernandez
- Sian Wade
- Stephen Hey
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £92k | £80k |
| 30/06/2024 | £101k | £67k |
| 30/06/2023 | £77k | £51k |
Common questions
Is ASSEMBLE CHURCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £11,749 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £106,551. The trustees affirm that the financial position remains satisfactory with good financial management. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,645 against a policy target of three months' operating expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSEMBLE CHURCH | £92k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH | £88k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GOSPEL ASSEMBLY CHURCH | £59k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| BEWDLEY BAPTIST CHURCH | £119k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FULL GOSPEL CHURCH | £46k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SOLENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH | £69k | £32,988 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |