Thirtyone:eight

Registered charity 1004490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHEL CHRISTIAN CENTRE, CCPAS, CHURCHES CHILD PROTECTION ADVISORY SERVICE, PCCA - CHRISTIAN CHILDCARE (CHARITABLE), Thirtyoneeight · also registered in Scotland as SC040578 (OSCR)

Thirtyone:eight is an independent Christian charity which helps individuals, supports organisations, charities, faith and community groups to protect vulnerable people from abuse. We work together with a network of thousands of faith and non-faith organisations, across the UK, helping them to create safer places. We are agency for DBS checks. www.thirtyoneeight.org

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Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £1,057,987 are higher than the Board’s targeted range of £750,000 - £850,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity recorded a net loss of £57,728 for the year, driven by increased staff costs and a net loss on investments, but maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £750,000 - £850,000 (held: £1.1m)

“The current free reserves policy range approved by the board of trustees is £750,000 - £850,000” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to spouses of key management personnel

“During the year, remuneration of £77,039 (2024: £71,633) was paid to the spouses of key management personnel as part of their employment with the Trust.” — page 37

“Judith Davey-Cole, a Trustee, is also the CEO of The Girls’ Brigade England and Wales. During the year, Thirtyone:eight sold services worth £1,473 (2024: £nil) to the Charity.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Sale of services to a charity where a trustee is CEO

“During the year, remuneration of £77,039 (2024: £71,633) was paid to the spouses of key management personnel as part of their employment with the Trust.” — page 37

“Judith Davey-Cole, a Trustee, is also the CEO of The Girls’ Brigade England and Wales. During the year, Thirtyone:eight sold services worth £1,473 (2024: £nil) to the Charity.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.3m

Cost of raising funds

£11k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter Wharradchair
Andrew Connal
Dominic O'Neill
Judith Davey-Cole
Julia King
Kathleen Marie Hallisey
Philip Verity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.3m	£3.3m
31/03/2024	£3.1m	£3.2m
31/03/2023	£2.9m	£3.0m
31/03/2022	£2.6m	£2.6m
31/03/2021	£2.3m	£2.4m

Common questions

Is Thirtyone:eight financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £1,057,987 are higher than the Board’s targeted range of £750,000 - £850,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity recorded a net loss of £57,728 for the year, driven by increased staff costs and a net loss on investments, but maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds Thirtyone:eight?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Thirtyone:eight as a grant recipient include THE GOSHEN TRUST, THE S M B TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2025	£14k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2024	£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£380k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION	1	£62k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£30k
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£20k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION	1	£19k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ONE-EIGHTY LIMITED.

ONE-EIGHTY LIMITED income £1.2m
THREE13 TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE LTD income £534k
ONE TO ONE income £112k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION income £7.0m
THE EIGHT FOUNDATION income £143k
NUMBER EIGHT(TAMWORTH) income £323k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Thirtyone:eight	£3.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ONE-EIGHTY LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THREE13 TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE LTD FY2025	£534k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ONE TO ONE FY2025	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION FY2025	£7.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EIGHT FOUNDATION FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.