ST GREGORY'S CHURCH

Registered charity 1201125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST GREGORY'S

The company is a charity and exists to promote the Christian Faith and alleviate suffering according to the mission of the Church of England and the values and tenets of the Anglican Communion summarised in resolution 11 of the third Lambeth conference following the Chicago-Lambeth quadrilateral.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR WITHIN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE DIOCESE OF TRURO IN PARTICULAR BY, (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ESTABLISHING A NEW WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY.

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: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£232k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £8,225 for the year, which the Trustees describe as manageable and intentional. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves of £227,657 remain well above the stated policy minimum of £37,500, providing sufficient resources to support the church’s mission in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and Legacies (56% of income)

“Total income for the year amounted to £224,216, comprising £141,174 of unrestricted income and £83,042 of restricted income. The majority of unrestricted income was received through the faithful giving of church members and supporters, together with associated Gift Aid.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3 months of the resources expected to be expended (reserves figure: £228k)

“The Charity has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be in the range of 3 months of the resources expected to be expended; this equates to approximately £37,500 in general funds.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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
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
Trustee expenses 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 25
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard James Spenschair
Michael William Eric Horne
Oluwadamilola Makinde
Rev Andrew John Morley
Rev Anna Hyde
Rev Jonathan Alexander James Soper

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£224k	£232k
31/12/2024	£318k	£155k
31/12/2023	£266k	£160k

Common questions

Is ST GREGORY'S CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £8,225 for the year, which the Trustees describe as manageable and intentional. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves of £227,657 remain well above the stated policy minimum of £37,500, providing sufficient resources to support the church’s mission in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST GREGORY'S CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST GREGORY'S CHURCH as a grant recipient include DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY	FY2024	£160

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
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	1	£172k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, OAKWOOD	1	£20k
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHEADLE	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAGENHAM	1	£4k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£2k
THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WALLINGTON	1	£2k
HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH CARDIFF	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

KINGS CROSS CHURCH income £2.6m
ST GEORGE ERITREAN ORTHODOX CHURCH income £138k
GRACE FELLOWSHIP MANCHESTER income £120k
CITYGATE CHURCH income £1.1m
LIBERTY CHURCH UK income £211k
GRACE CHURCH BRIDGEND income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST GREGORY'S CHURCH	£224k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KINGS CROSS CHURCH FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE ERITREAN ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE FELLOWSHIP MANCHESTER FY2025	£120k	£50,000	0	below	—	no doubt
CITYGATE CHURCH FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
LIBERTY CHURCH UK FY2025	£211k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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