Caversham Bridge News Limited

Registered charity 246966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAVERSHAM BRIDGE, THE CAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN NEWS LIMITED

The advancement of Christianity and the unity of Christian churches.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE UNITY OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES BY MEANS OF NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£21k

Latest spending

£21k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £20,006 at year-end, which the trustees note are not significantly in excess of their policy target to cover one year's costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £4,588 for the year, having generated £28,256 in income from other trading activities against charitable expenditure of £23,668. No employees were retained during the year, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's costs (held: £20k)

“The company's policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least one year's costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Internal charity financial controls 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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 150
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 120
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 150
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00818927 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

VARNDELL, Nigel Philip, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
HARPER, Richard — director, appointed 19/09/2022on trustee list
CHATFIELD, Philip Ramon — director, appointed 25/09/2019on trustee list
GALE, Heather Valerie — director, appointed 23/05/2018on trustee list
BELCHER, Joan — director, appointed 09/05/2006on trustee list
HARPER, Richard — secretary, appointed 03/11/2022

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Alison Patricia Johnston
Dr Nigel Philip Varndell
HEATHER VALERIE GALE
JOAN BELCHER
PHILIP RAMON CHATFIELD
Richard Harper

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£21k	£21k
31/12/2024	£28k	£24k
31/12/2023	£24k	£26k
31/12/2022	£19k	£23k
31/12/2021	£23k	£19k

Common questions

Is Caversham Bridge News Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £20,006 at year-end, which the trustees note are not significantly in excess of their policy target to cover one year's costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £4,588 for the year, having generated £28,256 in income from other trading activities against charitable expenditure of £23,668. No employees were retained during the year, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2024 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£25k
UPP FOUNDATION	1	£23k
DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUST	1	£15k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k
THE PWC FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRIDGE CHURCH, CARDIFF.

THE BRIDGE CHURCH, CARDIFF income £374k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST income £883k
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON income £668k
THE BRIDGE GROUP income £435k
VINECHURCH LONDON income £189k
ROBERT BARKER OR THE BRIDGE HOUSE TRUST (CHURCH BRANCH) income £22k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Caversham Bridge News Limited	£21k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHURCH, CARDIFF FY2025	£374k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST FY2025	£883k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON FY2024	£668k	£62,463	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE GROUP FY2025	£435k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VINECHURCH LONDON FY2025	£189k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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