CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES

Registered charity 262219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALL SAINTS CENTRE R.CH. 262219 PORINGLAND

Provision of village hall for community use.

Objects

TO BE USED BY THE RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE PARISH OF PORINGLAND FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, NAMELY:- 1. FOR MEETINGS IN AID OF OR FOR BENEFIT OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARISH CHURCH OF PORINGLAND. 2. AS A CLASS OR LECTURE ROOM FOR RELIGIOUS OR SIMILAR INSTRUCTION. 3. AS A READING ROOM FOR THE INHABITANTS GENERALLY OF PORINGLAND. 4. FOR ANY CHARITABLE WORK OR PURPOSE WHICH THE RECTOR AND CHURCHWARDENS OF PORINGLAND FOR THE TIME BEING MAY THINK PROPER.

Area of benefit: PORINGLAND

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 · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £126,914, with total net assets of £537,491. The trustees report a net outgoing resource of £356 from the general fund but note that cash reserves increased to £401,245. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Charity For Religious And Other Purposes (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

BARRY CATCHPOLE
Brian Frank Folkard
REVEREND R PARSONAGE · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£24k
31/12/2024	£129k	£16k
31/12/2023	£22k	£20k
31/12/2022	£19k	£8k
31/12/2021	£13k	£13k

Common questions

Is CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £126,914, with total net assets of £537,491. The trustees report a net outgoing resource of £356 from the general fund but note that cash reserves increased to £401,245. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. 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 BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£477k
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL	1	£155k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HORWICH, DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER	1	£50

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST.

SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST income £109k
THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION income £348k
ST NEWLYN EAST VILLAGE HALL income £158k
NASH VILLAGE HALL income £113k
HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY income £118k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HEATHERLANDS WITH THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD income £259k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITY FOR RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PURPOSES	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SESSAY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SCOTTER VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£348k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST NEWLYN EAST VILLAGE HALL FY2024	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NASH VILLAGE HALL FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLY RIVER COMMUNITY FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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