BRADFORD ON AVON COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1199394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bradford on Avon Community Church runs a programme of activities to advance the Christian Faith and the worship of God throughout the week but principally centred on the Sunday morning meeting to which members and non-members are welcome. The programme caters for all age groups with special arrangements for children and teenagers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £7,968 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £127,827. The trustees consider the accounts to be prepared on a going concern basis and believe that current free reserves, combined with annual control reviews, provide sufficient resources to mitigate adverse conditions. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general aim to retain reserves appropriate to the charity's size and commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £108k. 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 (26/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William John Ayerschair
• Andrew Wesley Hoyle
• David John Johnson
• Stephen John Huckett
• Tracey Bingham

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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