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INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 209084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Own and operate housing (45 flats in total) for people aged 50 years or over. Funding provided for various voluntary organisations in the BournemouthPoole/Dorset Area. Some are annual donations, and others are applied for each year as "one off" grants. Liaise with all the Free Churches in the Bournemouth Area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£222k
Latest spending
£202k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £20,325 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,439,312. Free reserves, defined as funds not tied up in fixed assets or restricted funds, amounted to £555,602. The accounts state that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit and the independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause for concern regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £5,500 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“Tony Fernand, Secretary, was paid an honorarium of £5,500 (2024: £3,600) in the year. Other than this, the charity has no payroll therefore no staff being paid more than £60,000.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income)
“Charitable activities 204,435 - 204,435 179,037” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Tony Fernand, Secretary, was paid an honorarium of £5,500 (2024: £3,600) in the year.
“Tony Fernand, Secretary, was paid an honorarium of £5,500 (2024: £3,600) in the year. Other than this, the charity has no payroll therefore no staff being paid more than £60,000.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£222k£202k
31/03/2024£195k£178k
31/03/2023£188k£187k
31/03/2022£190k£182k
31/03/2021£190k£182k

Common questions

Is INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £20,325 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £1,439,312. Free reserves, defined as funds not tied up in fixed assets or restricted funds, amounted to £555,602. The accounts state that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit and the independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause for concern regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £5,500 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE AMATEURS TRUST1£96k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST1£45k
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£28k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£25k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£11k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN WITH ST MICHAEL BOURNEMOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL£222k£5,5000unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN WITH ST MICHAEL BOURNEMOUTH FY2024£167k—0unclear—no doubt
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£501k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST BURSCOUGH BRIDGE FY2025£415k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANNE, KEW FY2025£554k—0unclear—no doubt

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