CORNERSTONE CHURCH COLCHESTER

Registered charity 1201873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Faithprimarily, but not exclusively, within Colchester, Essex and the surroundingneighbourhood; and the prevention and relief of need, hardship and sickness, theadvancement of education, and the provision of facilities and social welfare by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial or social hardship.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-4.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN COLCHESTER, ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; AND4.2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position remained strong during 2025, with income of £69,104 exceeding expenditure of £56,318. The charity holds £20,000 in a designated reserve fund within an interest-earning account and has no investments, fixed assets, or loans. Per the trustees' report, the charity is not dependent on grants and spends nothing on fundraising.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Linsey John Owen Parkerchair
• Hannah Elizabeth Wyncoll
• Pastor Gaius Marc Phillingham
• Thomas Steven Owen
• Trevor Brian Weeden

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP.

• THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH GRAYS income £48k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH (OXFORD) income £127k
• CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £45k
• CORNERSTONE CHURCH PORTSMOUTH income £160k
• CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £1.2m

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