# THE FORGE COMMUNITY CHURCH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1101080
- **Other names:** MENDLESHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, MCF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 8, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1101080


## Contact

- **Address:** THE FORGE CHURCH, THE OLD CHAPEL, FORWARD GREEN, STOWMARKET
- **Postcode:** IP14 5HP
- **Phone:** 01449710437
- **Email:** companysecretary@forgechurch.com
- **Website:** www.forgechurch.com



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OFEN LAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

**Activities:** To advance the Christian faith and to relieve persons who are in conditions of need and hardship or who are aged or sick.

**Area of benefit:** SUFFOLK




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Chad
- Croatia
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- South Africa
- United States
- Zambia
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £439746 | £455854 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £389273 | £390304 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £356657 | £433471 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £378657 | £413955 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £455484 | £384867 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Jeremy Andrew Ling — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Lois Sparkes — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Michael Christopher Walsh — appointed July 15, 2019
- Oliver Westmancott — appointed July 15, 2019
- Sarah Cobbold — appointed July 15, 2024
- Stephen James Fenning — appointed July 15, 2019
- Stephen John Urwin — appointed July 15, 2019
- Susanna Mary Sharp Donaldson — appointed Sept. 29, 2025