THE FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN,BAPTIST, HAGLEY

Registered charity 1200446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity considers requests from the Parochial Church Council of Hagley Parish in funding any repairs deemed necessary to ensure worshippers are able to use the Church. It also assists in funding maintenance of the churchyard. Through meetings the Trustees may agree to these requests. The Charity may also raise funds through various activities to assist in the above.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN, BAPTIST, HAGLEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:3.1. THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND ENRICHMENT OF THE FABRIC, FURNITURE AND FITTINGS OF THE CHURCH;3.2. THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHURCHYARD;3.3. THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE BEAUTY AND FITNESS OF THE SITE AND SETTING OF THE CHURCH; AND 3.4. THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC AND OTHER ASPECTS (CULTURAL, DRAMATIC OR OTHERWISE) OF THE WORSHIP AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH.

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: Bromsgrove, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £24,947 and total assets of £462,819, comprising cash and investments. The trustees report that a significant proportion of funds are kept in liquid form to maximize income without sacrificing security, and the charity is ready to help requests for financial assistance from the PCC within its own parameters.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• 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 31/03/2023 (received 13/05/2024, 103 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HERBERT WILLIAM GREENchair
• Alan Michael Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEORGE ANTHONY BATTERSBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian P Richards
• JEFFREY DOUGLAS COPE
• Judith Whitehouse
• Mark Bebbington
• Robert Edward Sydney Jones QPM
• Susan Rachel Priest
• Viscount Christopher Charles Cobham
• Wendy Jones

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF CIRENCESTER PARISH CHURCH.

• FRIENDS OF CIRENCESTER PARISH CHURCH income £101k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAGLEY ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH ST SAVIOUR income £257k
• PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CRAWLEY income £862k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOP'S HATFIELD, ST JOHN IN THE DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS income £176k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. GEORGE MOSSLEY income £45k
• FRIENDS OF BECKLEY PARISH CHURCH income £73k

Side by side with its peers

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