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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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE CHURCHES AND ITS SOCIETIES ETC. TO CONSIDER AND DEAL WITH SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE MATTER IN THE AREA. TO FOUND, TAKE OVER, MANAGE SCHOOLS COLLEGES ETC. FOR ALL GRADES AND TYPES. TO PROVIDE BOARD, LODGING ETC. FOR STUDENTS AND AFFORD FACILITIES FOR STUDY. TO PROMOTE, INITIATE AND CARRY ON EVANGELISTIC WORK. TO PRINT, PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE RELIGIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE LITERATURE. TO FORM, MAINTAIN A LIBRARY OR LIBRARIES OF LITERATURE. TO ACQUIRE BY GIFT, PURCHASE, LEASE ETC. LANDS AND BUILDINGS, REAL AND PERSONAL, MAINTAIN AND DISPOSE OF ETC.

Area of benefit: BOURNEMOUTH

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 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

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£226k
Latest spending
£202k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £29,037 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £594,761. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner confirming no matters gave cause for concern. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £873,588, primarily freehold properties, while maintaining unrestricted cash and investments to support its charitable objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (90% of income)
“Charitable activities Rental income 204,049”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Tony Fernand, Secretary, was paid an honorarium of £4,500 (2025: £5,500) in the year.
“Tony Fernand, Secretary, was paid an honorarium of £4,500 (2025: £5,500) in the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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
31/03/2026£226k£202k
31/03/2025£222k£202k
31/03/2024£195k£178k
31/03/2023£188k£187k
31/03/2022£190k£182k

Common questions

Is INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £29,037 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £594,761. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner confirming no matters gave cause for concern. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £873,588, primarily freehold properties, while maintaining unrestricted cash and investments to support its charitable objectives. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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
AGE UK1£110k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£8k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£4k
THE JACK PATSTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM RETIREMENT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL£226k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM RETIREMENT COUNCIL FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF BOURNEMOUTH CHARITIES FUND FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY FY2025£243k—0above—no doubt
BURMANTOFTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£961k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN BOURNEMOUTH FY2025£905k—0unclear—no doubt

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