CHRISTCHURCH BAPTIST WELWYN GARDEN CITY CIO

Charity number: 1154616
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The church's activities seek to meet our principal purpose by sharing the love of Jesus in practical ways as well as providing ways of explaining our faith to others. All activities seek to show the love of Jesus and bring people into a closer relationship with him. The church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and to the wider community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £480,739
Total expenditure: £380,804

People

8 Trustee(s)

206 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for being a trustee.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 November 2013: CIO registration
  • 14 March 2019: Funds received from 1131893 CHRISTCHURCH (BAPTIST)
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • CHRISTCHURCH (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
REV Andrew Paul Hemmens Chair 09 July 2013
None on record
Andrew King Trustee 27 April 2025
None on record
Tanya Willington Trustee 27 April 2025
None on record
ROBERT STEVEN HUGHES Trustee 22 October 2024
CACTUS
Received: On time
Amy Louise Hollis Trustee 21 April 2024
None on record
Ibiso Ifeoluwa Olutoye Trustee 21 April 2024
None on record
Nicola Louise Redmond Trustee 24 April 2022
None on record
Matthew Rowe Trustee 19 November 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £385.47k £323.57k £377.33k £450.27k £480.74k
Total expenditure £329.09k £303.25k £343.89k £381.40k £380.80k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £5.13k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 28 April 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 28 April 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 10 May 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023

(These accounts
have been qualified)

10 May 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 09 May 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 09 May 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 11 August 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 10 May 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 10 May 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ON 18 NOV 2013 AMENDED ON 09 OCT 2022 as amended on 05 Nov 2023

Charitable objects

PURPOSE (1) THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:- (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. (B) THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Contact information

Address:
Christchurch Baptist
20 Tewin Road
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1BW
Phone:
01707 335161
Email:
info@christchurchwgc.org.uk
Website:

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