ST JOHN'S CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 515193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church of England church.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CNSONANT WITH THE DOCTRINES CONTAINED IN THE STATEMENT OF DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF THE SCHEME DATED 2 MARCH 1983 AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENACNE OF A CHURCH AT ASHBOURNE FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP AND THE FURTHERANCE OF OTHER CHARITABLE WORK IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Area of benefit: ASHBOURNE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a general fund deficit of £10,667, which included a £10,000 transfer to the maintenance fund; without this exceptional item, the deficit was £677. The charity reports it is able to meet its commitments with no significant creditors or debtors, although income has been significantly affected by the ongoing renovation of St. John’s School House.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The majority of the charity’s income is from rental of the church and hall buildings for community activities.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two months’ running costs (reserves figure: £60k)

“Reserve fund is approximately two months’ running costs, in line with Church of England guidance.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding 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 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Cox
Emma Lomas
Glenn Hughes
Glynn David Bevan
John Gilmore
Julie Ann Hughes
Keith James Lomas
Rev Dwayne Darcy Engh · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£28k
31/12/2024	£36k	£34k
31/12/2023	£31k	£26k
31/12/2022	£28k	£26k
31/12/2021	£22k	£14k

Common questions

Is ST JOHN'S CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a general fund deficit of £10,667, which included a £10,000 transfer to the maintenance fund; without this exceptional item, the deficit was £677. The charity reports it is able to meet its commitments with no significant creditors or debtors, although income has been significantly affected by the ongoing renovation of St. John’s School House.

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 ST STEPHEN WITH ST THOMAS, SHEPHERD'S BUSH.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST THOMAS, SHEPHERD'S BUSH income £157k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S WEST BLATCHINGTON income £91k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, BLACKMOOR & WHITEHILL income £68k
THE PARISH of WORTHING - CHRIST CHURCH income £42k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE income £98k
ST JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH income £72k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST JOHN'S CHURCH CHARITY	£29k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST THOMAS, SHEPHERD'S BUSH FY2025	£157k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S WEST BLATCHINGTON FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, BLACKMOOR & WHITEHILL FY2025	£68k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PARISH of WORTHING - CHRIST CHURCH FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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