BEACON CHURCH HAVANT

Registered charity 1201717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEACON LOUNGE, Beacon Food Bank, Beacon Housing

1. Advancing the Christian faith, in the Borough of Havant and elsewhere, by proclamation of the Christian Gospel, teaching of Christian principles, pastoral care of Christian people and distribution of the Bible, Christian literature, media products and other resources.2. Relief of people in conditions of financial need, or who are infirm for reasons of age, ill-health or disability.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BOROUGH OF HAVANT AND ELSEWHERE, AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT, BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL, THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES, THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, MEDIA PRODUCTS AND OTHER RESOURCES.(2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL NEED, OR WHO ARE INFIRM FOR REASONS OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by 22% to £112,928, with unrestricted reserves falling to £16,507. The trustees report that this unrestricted level is below the calculated liability level of approximately £18,000 and represents only about 1.5 months of normal operation. Despite a net deficit for the year, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ANDREW BUTCHERchair
• ANDREW PAUL JACOBS · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH DARMANIN
• Emma Kate Frances Bunday
• Jonathan Bunday
• Richard John McMillan
• SIMON GUY ESDAILE WATERS

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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