THE CHRISTIAN TRUST

Registered charity 1041237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELLEL MINISTRIES · also registered in Scotland as SC038860 (OSCR)

To offer personal prayer ministry to those in need and to provide Christian training through conferences, short courses, longer training programmes, on-line training and through the production and distribution of books, E-books, CDs, DVDs and recordings in MP3 format.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £129,959 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £5,415,121. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and that the asset value of its three UK freehold properties is adequate to cover foreseeable future financial eventualities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (32% of income)

“31.53% (2023: 22.1%) — Charitable activities” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Mr R Steel received £35,946 remuneration and £927 pension contributions. Group paid £275,958 salaries to related parties.

“Mr R Steel, a trustee, received remuneration of £35,946 (2023: £35,636) and the group made pension contributions of £927 (2023: £882) in respect of his duties as an employee.” — page 39

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration

“Mr R Steel, a trustee, received remuneration of £35,946 (2023: £35,636) and the group made pension contributions of £927 (2023: £882) in respect of his duties as an employee.” — page 39

“During the year the group paid salaries amounting to £275,958 (2023: £86,692) to related parties and travel and subsistence expenses of £525 (2023: £4,415).” — page 39

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Salaries to related parties

“Mr R Steel, a trustee, received remuneration of £35,946 (2023: £35,636) and the group made pension contributions of £927 (2023: £882) in respect of his duties as an employee.” — page 39

“During the year the group paid salaries amounting to £275,958 (2023: £86,692) to related parties and travel and subsistence expenses of £525 (2023: £4,415).” — page 39

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£462k

Reserves (reported)

£5.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~24.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (32% 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: 18.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Matthew Joseph Moorechair
Hermanus Redelinghuys
Kenton Bandy
Paul Anthony Ryan
Robert William Steel

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

Operates in: Australia · Belarus · Bulgaria · Canada · China · Colombia · Croatia · Czech Republic · Finland · France · Germany · Hungary

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.7m
31/12/2023	£5.5m	£3.4m
31/12/2022	£3.7m	£3.2m
31/12/2021	£2.6m	£2.5m
31/12/2020	£2.6m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is THE CHRISTIAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £129,959 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £5,415,121. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and that the asset value of its three UK freehold properties is adequate to cover foreseeable future financial eventualities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds THE CHRISTIAN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHRISTIAN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ,BEDGROVE, AYLESBURY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ,BEDGROVE, AYLESBURY	FY2025	£1k	Ellel Ministries fund

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE, FULWELL	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN WITH ST. LUKE, PADDINGTON	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH.

TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
THE SOLA TRUST income £1.2m
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUST income £1.4m
Islington Gospel Trust Limited income £240k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS income £802k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHRISTIAN TRUST	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOLA TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£344k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Islington Gospel Trust Limited FY2025	£240k	—	above	—	no doubt

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