CHRISTIAN VISION FOR MEN

Registered charity 1071663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT FOR MEN, CVM · also registered in Scotland as SC043446 (OSCR)

PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION - EVANGELISM FOR MEN IN THE UK and promotion / support of the vision in other countries in culturally relevant way.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to positive reserves with a net surplus of £28,098 for the year ended 31 October 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, operating expenditure was reduced by £67,471 compared to the prior year, while total income decreased by £22,257 due to diminishing donations. The charity maintains unrestricted funds of £11,979 and restricted funds of £16,787, with a reserves policy aimed at retaining sufficient funds to meet commitments if the company ceased to operate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Stopfords. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CVM (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/09/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Thomas Priestley
• Dean Charlton Thorpe · trustee of 2 other charities
• EDWARD ANDREW KENDALL DRING

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VISION CHURCH LTD.

• VISION CHURCH LTD income £130k
• CHRISTIAN VISION income £31.5m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
• THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY income £141k
• THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK income £184k

Side by side with its peers

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