CHURCH HOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 263481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants towards works relating to religious and charitable activities in the ecclesiastical parish of Hurst, using income derived from property.

Objects

1) PAYMENT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HURST THE AMOUNT OF ANY CHARGES LAWFULLY INCURRED BY THE COUNCIL IN MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH. 2) PAYMENT TO THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEES OF A YEARLY SUM OF ú1000 OR SUCH OTHER AMOUNTS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HURST CHURCH EXTRAORDINARY REPAIR FUND. 3) IF IN ANY YEAR THE WHOLE OF THE CLEAR INCOME OF THE CHARITY IS NOT APPLIED UNDER THE TWO FOREGOING PROVISIONS PAYMENT MAY BE MADE OUT OF THE RESIDUE TO THE ADVANCING OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HURST.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HURST

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates on a cash basis with a net income surplus of £1,009.44 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The charity holds significant investment assets valued at £169,851.33 and a cash balance of £20,621.74, indicating strong liquidity. However, the examiner noted persistent rental arrears dating back to 2019, with further arrears expected in 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 18/01/2024, 79 days after the 31/10/2023 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

• Rev Hugh Thomaschair
• JENNY BEASLEY-SMITH
• Stephen Curnow

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARISH CHURCH HOUSE.

• PARISH CHURCH HOUSE income £102k
• CHRIST CHURCH HOUSE income £66k
• CHURCH ESTATE OR CHURCH ALMSHOUSES income £41k
• CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST - HOUSE OF PRAISE PARISH income £110k
• CHURCH HOUSE, NANTWICH income £35k
• HARPURHEY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £131k

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