WESLEYAN REFORM UNION OF CHURCHES

Registered charity 1203983 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WRU

Union of Christian Churches

Objects

3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE UNION ARE: 3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONFESSION OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY EXTENDING GOD?S LOVE AND ENCOURAGING CLOSER FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE CHURCHES OF THE UNION, TO PROMOTE UNITY OF ACTION IN WAYS WHICH BEST SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO ENCOURAGE AND EQUIP CHURCHES IN MISSION AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES; AND3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONFESSION 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 DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE UNION FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNION HANDBOOK.

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: Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

Per the accounts, the charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,123,886 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven primarily by the sale of churches and gains on revaluation of fixed assets, despite an operating deficit on regular activities. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £521,411, while total charity funds reached £3,676,296. The trustees confirmed the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Philipschair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Daphne Margaret Hodkinson
• David Lloyd Rooksby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Evans · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Colin Braithewaite
• Rev PHILIP JOHN HEARSON
• Rev Sharon Elaine Hollamby
• Stuart Dronfield Allen

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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• RAYLEIGH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £86k
• CHIVERS COTON WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH income £50k
• UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED income £518k
• OWLERTON WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH income £31k
• CROSSWAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £264k
• RUGBY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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