TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH SALTAIRE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Registered charity 244137 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH SALTAIRE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH SALTAIRE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Ministry and Mission in the Christian faith based in a grade 1 listed church in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire

Objects

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Area of benefit: PARISH OF SHIPLEY

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that expenses exceeded income by £5,348 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in cash reserves from £17,350 to £12,002. The trustees acknowledge financial challenges in meeting liabilities over the next 12 months and plan to raise income and cut costs. Despite this, the unrestricted reserves of £12,002 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (approximately £11,000).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £12k)

“The policy of the Trustees is that the General Reserves of the charity should be sufficient to cover at least three month’s expenditure, which is currently around £11,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“In the next 12 months, there will be financial challenges for the charity to meet its liabilities. The Trustees will be considering ways of raising income and cutting costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Some Trustees receive fees from time to time for services provided to weddings... These are entirely funded from wedding fees paid by the wedding couples and are shown as wedding fees received and paid out in the above accounts.

“Some Trustees receive fees from time to time for services provided to weddings in respect of leading the service, playing the organ, registering the wedding, ringing bells or supervising the building and grounds. These are entirely funded from wedding fees paid by the wedding couples and are shown as wedding fees received and paid out in the above accounts.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2024, 104 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 27/06/2023, 147 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 15/11/2022, 288 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Wilson
Janet Clark
ROLAND CLARK · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£39k	£44k
31/03/2024	£115k	£131k
31/03/2023	£219k	£208k
31/03/2022	£20k	£47k
31/03/2021	£105k	£122k

Common questions

Is TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH SALTAIRE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that expenses exceeded income by £5,348 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in cash reserves from £17,350 to £12,002. The trustees acknowledge financial challenges in meeting liabilities over the next 12 months and plan to raise income and cut costs. Despite this, the unrestricted reserves of £12,002 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (approximately £11,000). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELTENHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

CHELTENHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £326k
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH BROTHER SERVANTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN SERVITE FATHERS income £843k
BEFORE THE THRONE CHURCH income £149k
SALTAIRE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL income £39k
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN EUROPE TRUST income £366k
CHURCH ESTATE income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH SALTAIRE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH	£39k	—	0	above	—	noted
CHELTENHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FY2025	£326k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH BROTHER SERVANTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN SERVITE FATHERS FY2025	£843k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BEFORE THE THRONE CHURCH FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SALTAIRE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL FY2025	£39k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN EUROPE TRUST FY2025	£366k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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