ETERNITY DOWNHAM MARKET

Registered charity 1202187 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of Eternity Downham Market are to advance the Christian faith ; to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods and services including counselling support; and to advance education. The church primarily operates in Downham Market and its local area, but its work can extend to the UK and the wider world.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BYTHE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OFCOUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FORM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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 the charity reported a net surplus of £16,537 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £859,059. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and are satisfied that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. The charity maintains a reserves policy aiming for a minimum general reserve of £10,000 over non-liquid assets.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS DAVID BUTTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aaron StJohn Loxley-Beck
• Angus MacQueen
• CHRIS BACON

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRAISE EMBASSY ETON WICK.

• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRAISE EMBASSY ETON WICK income £194k
• NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH income £104k
• THE FEOFFEE CHARITY income £149k
• BONNY DOWNS BAPTIST CHURCH income £175k
• CHRISTCHURCH MARKET HARBOROUGH income £124k
• DOWNHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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