01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 16 October 2023
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 2 October 2024 – 1 October 2025
- Latest income
- £13,014
- Latest expenditure
- £2,451
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: ATHENA LAW, GREGS BUILDINGS, 1 BOOTH STREET, MANCHESTER, M2 4DU
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.churchonlakecomo.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
the preservation and conservation of the unique artistic heritage of the fabric of the Church of the Ascension, and maintaining it as a place of English-speaking Christian worship; in the last year comprised a joint initiative between the church community and a number of artists from the Royal Academy whereby the artists were hosted by the CIO and their artworks later sold in Como and London
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 October 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 1 August 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £13,014
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,451
- Fin Period Start Date
- 16 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 October 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 1 August 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £165,089
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60,458
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 1 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £13,014
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,451
- 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
- 6
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 16 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 1 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 1 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 20 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £165,089
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60,458
- 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
- 12
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Italy
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2023-10-16T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Oct 2023
- Charitable Objects
- THE FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, CADENABBIA, LAKE COMO, ITALY (“THE CHURCH”) AND TO FUND OR ASSIST IN FUNDING THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CHURCH AND OF THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS IN THE CHURCH OR CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO THE CHURCH, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE CHURCH AS A PLACE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.