NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 289579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian Faith and relief of poverty

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

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.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£104k

Latest spending

£93k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £11,629, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £95,749. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of retaining two months of running costs (£15,000). The trustees report that they closely monitor the budget and maintain good control over expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee earned more than £50,000 in the current or previous year.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two months running costs (£15,000) (reserves figure: £96k)

“NCC has a policy of retaining two months running costs (£15,000) as a minimum in unrestricted reserve.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Mrs Linda Grimster was paid £3,900 as Church Finance Administrator and Trustee.

“Mrs Linda Grimster as Church Finance Administrator and a Trustee was paid £3,900 in total for 2024-25” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees

“Donations from related parties (Trustees) during the year were £6,909 and were applied to the General (unrestricted) fund.” — page 5

“Mrs Linda Grimster as Church Finance Administrator and a Trustee was paid £3,900 in total for 2024-25” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Remuneration

“Donations from related parties (Trustees) during the year were £6,909 and were applied to the General (unrestricted) fund.” — page 5

“Mrs Linda Grimster as Church Finance Administrator and a Trustee was paid £3,900 in total for 2024-25” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 25
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: 20
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 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 18
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID ROBERT STAFFchair
Dr Uchechukwu Okorji-Obike · trustee of 1 other charity
Linda Jane Grimster
MR JON MOORE
Paul Richard Belzar

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£104k	£93k
31/03/2024	£99k	£95k
31/03/2023	£86k	£77k
31/03/2022	£83k	£80k
31/03/2021	£102k	£65k

Common questions

Is NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £11,629, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £95,749. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of retaining two months of running costs (£15,000). The trustees report that they closely monitor the budget and maintain good control over expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £50,000 band.

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 NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £71k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
CHRIST CHURCH NEWHAM URC income £156k
The City Church income £667k
NEW COVENANT CHURCH MANCHESTER income £569k
CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE income £528k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWMARKET COMMUNITY CHURCH	£104k	Under £50,000	0	above	—	no doubt
NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£71k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2025	£167k	£40,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH NEWHAM URC FY2025	£156k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
The City Church FY2025	£667k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEW COVENANT CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2025	£569k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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