GRACE CHURCH ISLE OF WIGHT

Registered charity 1200780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRACE CHURCH

Public worship and teaching ministries.Courses and events to promote the Christian faith.Community services provision such as Foodbank and parent and toddler groups.

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Latest income

£140k

Latest spending

£151k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure of £150,680 exceeded total income of £145,413, resulting in a deficit of £5,267 for the year. Despite this excess, the charity held retained income of £206,309 at the end of the period, which the trustees have approved in their report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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 (06/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev STEPHEN BELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Esther Bell
James Alexander Scott
Laura Cecilia Woodfield
Melanie James
Paul Anthony Wade
Rev Daniel Adams
Rev Oliver James Tucker
Robert Ian Silk
Simon Henrick

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£140k	£151k
31/03/2024	£53k	£45k

Common questions

Is GRACE CHURCH ISLE OF WIGHT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure of £150,680 exceeded total income of £145,413, resulting in a deficit of £5,267 for the year. Despite this excess, the charity held retained income of £206,309 at the end of the period, which the trustees have approved in their report.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST	1	£628k
ISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	1	£8k

Charities like this

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

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £126k
ISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £208k
GRACE CHURCH CHICHESTER income £584k
GRACE CHURCH YATE income £287k
GRACE CHURCH WEST WALES income £169k
Grace Church Beckenham income £140k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRACE CHURCH ISLE OF WIGHT	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH CHICHESTER FY2025	£584k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH YATE FY2024	£287k	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH WEST WALES FY2025	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.