CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1069942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCK, CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING, EMMANUEL BRIGHTON

To advance the Christian faith in accordance with our statement of beliefs.To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby.To promote and fulfil such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,315,592 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (£574,007). The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability 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: three months unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees consider that the charity currently needs to maintain free reserves of three months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: K Ball and N de Freese received salary and pension contributions.
“In accordance with the charitable company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the following trustees received a salary from the charitable company during the year: Salary K Ball N de Freese” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Clarendon Enterprise Trading Ltd
“Clarendon Enterprise Trading (CET), operated for the purpose of raising funds for the benefit of Clarendon Trust through the hiring of rooms for conferences, meetings, weddings, parties, etc.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £495k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£380k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Germany · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.4m£2.7m
31/08/2024£2.3m£2.5m
31/08/2023£3.7m£3.5m
31/08/2022£3.0m£3.0m
31/08/2021£1.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,315,592 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (£574,007). The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chariot House Limited.

Who funds CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, STEVENAGE.

Known funders

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

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1£84k
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
HARVEST COMMUNITY NETWORK1£33k
THE IMAM HUSSEIN FOUNDATION1£1k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
KTRUST LIMITED FY2025£240kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE CHARIS TRUST FY2025£591k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLARENDON PARK, LEICESTER FY2024£250k—0above—no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025£226k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0below—no doubt

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