CHURCH ARMY(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£885K
+19% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-25.2% vs 2024
Employees
181
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
-2.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,284,000 | £7,144,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,863,000 | -£3,949,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,923,000 | -£5,355,000 | |
| Cash | £744,000 | £885,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,686,000 | £16,329,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,686,000 | £16,215,000 | |
| Equity | £21,686,000 | £16,215,000 | |
| Average employees | 194 | 181 | |
| Wages | £5,412,000 | £5,130,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -53.9% | -75.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.7% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 0.98x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making these appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHURCH ARMY(THE) · parent
- Portman House 100%
- Waterways Chaplaincy 100%
Significant events
- “Board agreed a significant strategic reshaping of Church Army during 2025 to achieve financial restructuring.”
- “Decision to withdraw from delivering frontline services, sell Marylebone Project buildings, and transition work to another provider.”
- “Church Army Research Unit was closed to save costs and simplify strategically.”
- “Decision to seek to sell the Sheffield base (Wilson Carlile Centre) due to it being a significant financial drain.”
- “Waterways Chaplaincy will be taking steps towards a new future outside of Church Army's governance (Sept 2025).”
- “Disposed of 6 investment properties subsequent to the year end, revalued to reflect disposal values.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 76 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Sam | Secretary | 2026-03-11 | — | — |
| BARLOW, Matthew George | Director | 2024-11-05 | Feb 1973 | British |
| FORSTER, Andrew James, Reverend | Director | 2024-11-28 | Jun 1967 | British |
| FRANCIS-DEHQANI, Gulnar Eleanor, Rt Rev Dr | Director | 2020-09-07 | Jun 1966 | British |
| GIDOOMAL, Ravi | Director | 2023-01-18 | Mar 1979 | British |
| HAYES, Amy | Director | 2023-11-22 | Oct 1989 | British |
| OSAGIE, Solomon Ighodaro, Dr | Director | 2023-01-18 | Jul 1967 | British |
| PAYNE, Andrew David, Captain | Director | 2020-11-11 | Feb 1968 | British |
| PRESTON, Mark Kerry | Director | 2023-10-05 | Feb 1975 | British |
| RUSSELL, Patricia | Director | 2023-01-18 | Dec 1978 | British |
| VARGHESE MUTHALALY, Malayil Lukose, The Right Rev | Director | 2023-11-22 | Aug 1979 | British |
| WEBB, Karen Ruth | Director | 2023-01-18 | Mar 1962 | British |
| WEST, Karen, Rev | Director | 2021-03-19 | Jun 1959 | British |
| WHITFIELD, John David | Director | 2016-06-14 | Feb 1957 | British |
Show 76 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, James Norman | Secretary | 2001-03-12 | 2012-10-16 |
| BILES, Neil Lee | Secretary | 2001-09-18 | 2012-10-16 |
| SCOTT, Desmond | Secretary | 2012-10-16 | 2020-06-01 |
| SCOTT, Desmond Arnold | Secretary | 2000-09-27 | 2001-03-12 |
| WEBB, Robin | Secretary | 2020-06-26 | 2026-03-11 |
| WELSH, John Thomas | Secretary | — | 2000-09-26 |
| ABERNETHY, Alan Francis, Bishop | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2024-03-25 |
| APPLEGATE, John, Doctor | Director | 2011-11-22 | 2021-11-22 |
| APPLETON, Bonita, Reverend | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2016-11-24 |
| BADGER, Ruth | Director | — | 2001-03-12 |
| BARKER, Robert Gardiner, Captain | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2018-07-24 |
| BATES, Edwin, Captain | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2010-11-25 |
| BAXTER, David Leonard | Director | — | 1996-02-13 |
| BEACH, William Gerald Hugh, General Sir | Director | — | 1995-07-11 |
| BOYCE, Susan, Sister | Director | — | 1996-11-20 |
| BOYD LEE, Paul Winston Michael | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2011-11-22 |
| BRACKLEY, Ian James, Right Reverend | Director | 2002-06-18 | 2011-11-22 |
| BRUINVELS, Peter Nigel Edward, Canon | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2004-05-24 |
| BURBRIDGE, Bernadette Celina Genevieve | Director | 1993-05-09 | 1996-04-17 |
| BURTON, David Gowan | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2000-05-16 |
| CLARK, Philip Ernest, Captain | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2009-10-01 |
| CORTEEN, Christine | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2020-09-07 |
| COTTRELL, Stephen Geoffrey, Most Revd | Director | 2011-11-22 | 2022-11-28 |
| COX, Joanna Babington | Director | 2008-09-13 | 2019-11-20 |
| CURRIN, James Edward, Captain Church Army | Director | 1993-11-08 | 1999-11-23 |
| DAVIS, Judith Alison | Director | 2024-06-01 | 2024-11-05 |
| DAVIS, Judith Alison, The Reverend | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2020-05-07 |
| DAY, Andrew John | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2008-01-26 |
| DOUGLAS, Trevor Samuel John | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2022-08-23 |
| EAMES, Robert Henry Alexander, Most Rev | Director | — | 1993-06-28 |
| EAST, Jennifer, Sister | Director | — | 1993-11-08 |
| ECCLESTON, Stephen George | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2021-11-22 |
| FISHER, George Howell | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1997-09-23 |
| FOLLETT, Samuel | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2018-09-22 |
| FULLARD, Albert, Captain | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2002-12-04 |
| GASKELL, Kenneth | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1998-11-10 |
| GEAR, Michael Frederick, Right Reverend | Director | 1993-06-28 | 1999-11-23 |
| GILLIES, Robert Arthur, Right Reverend Doctor | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2022-11-28 |
| GREEN, Kathleen Anne | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2023-03-02 |
| HUGHES, Robin David | Director | — | 1992-02-04 |
| JAMES, David Charles, The Rt Revd | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2000-10-12 |
| JAMES, Sarah Alison Livingston, Canon | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2014-11-20 |
| JOHANSON, Philip, Captain | Director | — | 2006-10-31 |
| JOYNSON-HICKS, Crispin William, The Viscount Brentford | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2000-10-10 |
| KEATLEY, William Halliday | Director | — | 2000-11-21 |
| KIRBY, Vanessa Catherine, Sister | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2012-03-13 |
| LEYTON, Richard Charles | Director | 1996-11-20 | 1999-06-15 |
| MARSH, Ann | Director | — | 1998-11-10 |
| MIDWINTER, Josie Isabel, Revd Sister | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2001-11-20 |
| MILNE, Douglas John Williamson | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1994-07-04 |
| MORISY, Ann Margaret | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2005-11-18 |
| MURPHY, Leslie Frederick, Sir | Director | — | 1994-04-12 |
| NEEDHAM, Dorothy, Sister Canon | Director | 2012-11-06 | 2017-11-26 |
| NSENGA-NGOY, Lusa, The Revd Canon | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2022-08-04 |
| NUNN, Graham, Captain | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2019-11-20 |
| PAYNTER, Jennifer | Director | — | 1992-07-01 |
| PENBERTHY, Joanna Susan, Right Reverend | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2023-08-02 |
| PRITCHARD, John Lawrence, The Right Reverend | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2011-09-01 |
| PRODGER, John Alan | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2005-05-27 |
| REEDER, Michael William Peter, Captain | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2009-11-26 |
| RIDGE, Peter | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2016-11-24 |
| ROUCH, Peter Bradford, Revd | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| ROXBURGH, James William | Director | — | 1995-11-14 |
| RUSSELL, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2019-07-09 |
| SAINSBURY, Jennifer Marguerite | Director | — | 2001-12-04 |
| SAUNDERS, Wendy Jennifer, The Revd | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2016-11-24 |
| SCOTT, Desmond Arnold | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2021-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, June Ann | Director | — | 2007-11-15 |
| SLATER-CARR, Rosie | Director | 2022-10-07 | 2025-02-10 |
| SMITH, David James, The Right Reverend | Director | 1993-02-09 | 1998-03-17 |
| SMITH, John, Captain | Director | — | 1994-11-23 |
| THORNTON, Timothy Martin, The Right Reverend | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2005-12-31 |
| TOTTEN, Hugh Robert James | Director | 2001-12-04 | 2011-11-22 |
| WEBB, Karen Ruth | Director | 2017-11-26 | 2022-11-28 |
| WILBOURNE, David, Rt Revd | Director | 2012-11-06 | 2015-12-06 |
| WINTLE, Ruth Elizabeth, Rev Canon | Director | — | 2000-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 273 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1.9%
£7,284,000 £7,144,000
-
Cash
+19%
£744,000 £885,000
-
Net assets
-25.2%
£21,686,000 £16,215,000
-
Employees
-6.7%
194 181
-
Profit before tax
-2.2%
-£3,863,000 -£3,949,000
-
Wages
-5.2%
£5,412,000 £5,130,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers