CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION

Registered charity 264839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ministerial and lay training; assisting with pastoral settlements; ministry with youth; childrens work; pension and life cover; ecumenical relationships; mission initiatives including its partnership with Council for World Mission; advice on administration and finance

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £482,784 in 2023, which was offset by closed church receipts and investment gains to produce an overall surplus. The trustees maintain free reserves of £1,372,038, which they consider to be at the top of their target band of 8 to 12 months of expenditure. The charity remains reliant on capital receipts from closed churches to absorb ongoing operating deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There is 1 employee who received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 during 2023 (2022: none).” — page 30

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There is 1 employee who received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 during 2023 (2022: none).” — page 30

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between 8 to 12 months of total annual expenditure (held: £1.4m)

“The Trustees seek to maintain a level of Free Reserves of between 8 to 12 months of total annual expenditure. This currently equates to between £870,000 and £1,300,000 based upon 2023 actual expenditure.” — page 11

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: The Congregational Federation Limited

“The Congregational Federation Limited acts as Custodian Trustee on behalf of the Congregational Federation and others. It is considered that The Congregational Federation Limited is a related party through a common Trustee board.” — page 38

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2022) → 1 (FY2023).

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2023 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Yvonne — General Secretary (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (37% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/02/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Vincent Charles Carringtonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Elisabeth Sweeney-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
IAN ROBERT BAIRSTOW · trustee of 2 other charities
Kevin Harry Dudman · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Taylor · trustee of 2 other charities
REV C L GILLHAM
Rev Alister Grant Weighton · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Caroline Stott · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Christopher John Bamforth Damp · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Eric Peter Fenwick · trustee of 5 other charities
Rev Foday Yusufu Kamara · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Gerard Simonis · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Ruth Leeming · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Sandra Joy Turner · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Wilson Hunter · trustee of 1 other charity
Sonia James · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy John Bateman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.0m	£1.4m
31/12/2024	£886k	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£1.7m	£1.1m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £482,784 in 2023, which was offset by closed church receipts and investment gains to produce an overall surplus. The trustees maintain free reserves of £1,372,038, which they consider to be at the top of their target band of 8 to 12 months of expenditure. The charity remains reliant on capital receipts from closed churches to absorb ongoing operating deficits. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/07/2004	£5k	Summer Mystery Plays

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS income £263k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA income £534k
INSTITUTE OF CHARITY income £1.2m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY income £163k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, GAMSTON AND BRIDGFORD income £359k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CAMBRIDGE income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION	£1.0m	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS FY2024	£263k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA FY2025	£534k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF CHARITY FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY FY2025	£163k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, GAMSTON AND BRIDGFORD FY2025	£359k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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