GERMAN CHURCH SYDENHAM

Registered charity 290945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEUTSCHE EVANGELISCHE KIRCHE ZU SYDENHAM, DIETRICH BONHOEFFER CHURCH, DIETRICH-BONHOEFFER-KIRCHE, THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN SYDENHAM

Dedicated to the memory of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the charity's mission is to proclaim the Gospel to German[-speaking] people in London and the South-East. At its Forest Hill church and other places of worship, it offers regular services, religious and social activities in German and occasionally in English. An important aspect of its work is caring for German expatriates and tourists in need.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN AND THROUGH A CONGREGATION KNOWN AS THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN SYDENHAM, WHICH IS LINKED WITH THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN GERMANY.

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 the charity reported a net surplus of £57,654 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £637,056. The trustees note that finances are stable, although the independent examiner's report was outstanding at the time of the meeting. The charity holds significant investment assets valued at £569,804 and tangible assets of £6,146.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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.

• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• IMKE SIEGERISTchair
• Dr Joerg Ederle
• Helga Shiekh
• Immo Huneke
• Michael Bachmann
• Rev Silke Halfmann · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · East Sussex · Greenwich · Kent · Lewisham · Southwark · Surrey · Sutton · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. MARY'S WITH ST. GEORGE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.

• ST. MARY'S WITH ST. GEORGE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH income £147k
• GERMAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN LONDON income £3.7m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SYDENHAM AND FOREST HILL, HOLY TRINITY income £125k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRAISE EMBASSY ETON WICK income £194k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, SYDENHAM income £139k
• GENERATIONS OF GOD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL UK income £273k

Side by side with its peers

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