ASHTON UNDER HILL FREE CHURCH TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 7 January 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £21,885
Latest expenditure: £22,951
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 2 MANOR FARM COTTAGES, ELMLEY ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-HILL, EVESHAM, WR11 7SL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.ashtonchapel.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Ashton under Hill Free Church is engaged in the worship of God and the furtherance of the Christian gospel and the general advancement of the Christian faith. The Church Fellowship will undertake the relief of persons who are in need or hardship or who are aged or sick, and may organise and provide appropriate charitable social activities for the benefit of the community in the local area.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 20 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,885
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,951

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 4 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £18,255
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,866

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 5 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £18,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,407

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,474
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,299

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 27 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £16,998
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,726

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 20 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,885
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,951
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £18,255
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,866
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 5 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £18,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,407
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,474
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,299
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £16,998
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,726
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 3

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Gloucestershire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Worcestershire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ASHTON UNDER HILL FREE CHURCH TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2016-01-07T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 14 DEC 2015
Charitable Objects: (A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN ASHTON UNDER HILL IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCALITY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID LOCALITY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures