GROVE FREE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal basis as the Trustees think fit. To relieve people who are in conditions of hardship or who are aged or sick in the local community and else where as the Trustees think fit. To promote and fulfil other such charitable purposes beneficial to the community and elsewhere as the Trustees think fit.
Objects
THE CHURCH IS FORMED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS AS SET OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report for Grove Free Evangelical Church for the year ended 31 March 2026. It confirms that the examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners and states that no material matters came to the examiner's attention regarding the accounting records or the form and content of the accounts. The report does not include the financial statements themselves, so specific details on reserves, income, or expenditure are not available in this text.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026
- Volunteers: 15
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 15
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 28
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
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 31/03/2023 (received 14/04/2024, 74 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Trustees
- Terence Albert Randallchair
- Adrian David Kerr
- Roger John Middlebrook
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £45k | £50k |
| 31/03/2025 | £52k | £52k |
| 31/03/2024 | £45k | £46k |
| 31/03/2023 | £41k | £45k |
| 31/03/2022 | £38k | £38k |
Common questions
Is GROVE FREE EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report for Grove Free Evangelical Church for the year ended 31 March 2026. It confirms that the examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners and states that no material matters came to the examiner's attention regarding the accounting records or the form and content of the accounts. The report does not include the financial statements themselves, so specific details on reserves, income, or expenditure are not available in this text. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| DUMBRECK CHARITY | 1 | £1k |
| THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH
- HASBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH
- SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH
- OTFORD EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
- GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH PORTSMOUTH
- CORNERSTONE CHURCH NORWICH
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROVE FREE EVANGELICAL CHURCH | £45k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GRAVESEND METHODIST CHURCH | £127k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HASBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH | £44k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH | £205k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| OTFORD EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH | £72k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH PORTSMOUTH | £56k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |