FORMISSION CIO

Registered charity 1059383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FORMISSION LTD, SPRINGDALE COLLEGE

Theological College

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND OVERSEAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE STUDY OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COLLEGE OR COLLEGES.(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS IN PREPARING FOR THEIR MINISTRY; AND PROMOTING OR CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE SAID DOCTRINES AND PUBLISHING OR ARRANGING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.(C) TO RELIEVE THE POOR, SICK AND AGED IN NEED.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND OVERSEAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £1,676, increasing unrestricted funds to £272,676. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a transitional period involving a merger with Moorlands College and has confirmed it holds sufficient reserves to continue operations during this closure process.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROY ALAN BAYLISchair
• David John Rolles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Beverley Ann Thomas · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stanley Bandawa
• Swarn Kaur Potter

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

Operates in: Czech Republic · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE income £1.6m
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• ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST income £4.5m
• CHRIST THE REDEEMER COLLEGE income £3.0m
• CREATED: CHURCH income £315k

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