THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1047025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TISCA

Arranging regional meetings and conferences for Heads, Governors, Chaplains and Teachers in different parts of the country. Providing leadership training for school prefects. Publishing a 20-page print newsletter two times a year which is mailed out to members. There is a brief monthly e-newsletter. Closed WhatsApp groups for Heads, for Chaplains and for Governors. Weekly prayer meetings.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EVANGELIC CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION GENERALLY (B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION GENERALLY

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £5,297 against a reserves policy target of approximately £20,000, noting that the charity relied on the sale of investments to fund its annual deficit. The trustees are confident that investment assets can be realized to meet the reserves policy, but the cash balance alone is below the stated minimum level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (equivalent to approximately £20,000) (reserves figure: £5k)
“The Trustees believe that the minimum level of reserves that are freely available from cash and investments for its general purposes should be the equivalent of six months’ operating costs (equivalent to approximately £20,000), reviewed annually.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£59k£58k
31/08/2024£51k£49k
31/08/2023£46k£56k
31/08/2022£39k£42k
31/08/2021£31k£32k

Common questions

Is THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £5,297 against a reserves policy target of approximately £20,000, noting that the charity relied on the sale of investments to fund its annual deficit. The trustees are confident that investment assets can be realized to meet the reserves policy, but the cash balance alone is below the stated minimum level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATHOLIC INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CONFERENCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE£59k—0unclear—no doubt
CATHOLIC INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CONFERENCE FY2025£149k£70,000 - £79,9991below—no doubt
CHARIS COMMUNICATIONS FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIANS FOR IMPACT FY2025£95k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE FY2025£3.8m——below—no doubt

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