THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTHERN SYNOD) TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 282270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LIMITED

Its object is to advance the Christian religion in accordance with the doctrine, principles and usages of the United Reformed Church, particularly in the Southern Synod.It has achieved this by continuing to act as Corporate Trustee and Agent for the Southern Synod of The United Reformed Church by holding properties and assets as nominee and handling income and expenditure.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE SOUTHERN SYNOD OF THAT CHURCH

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £20.680m, which the trustees note amounts to more than 10 years of normal expenditure, though this has accumulated mainly from property disposals. The trustees acknowledge that this income source will not continue long term and that the unrestricted general funds are dependent on uncertain income from the disposal of redundant church property to meet shortfalls. Despite this dependency, the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thornton Springer LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

43 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (39 freehold); recorded price paid £10.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~47.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (60% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN DAVID KIRBY · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID HENRY WALTERS
• HILARY MILES
• JOHN HAROLD DENISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Margaret Austin
• Rev Bernard Sietse Fidder
• Rev Elaine Sarah Colechin
• Rev Helen Amy Elizabeth Warmington
• Rev RUSSELL JAMES FURLEY-SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED.

• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED income £9.0m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WEST MIDLANDS) TRUST LIMITED income £3.4m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WESSEX) TRUST LIMITED income £10.6m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (EASTERN PROVINCE) TRUST income £3.9m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD. income £2.0m
• CROSSWAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £264k

Side by side with its peers

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