CHRISTIAN YOUTH MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1075626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CYM

1. School & College Chaplaincy - In both Primary & Secondary schools; we provide Chaplains to support the pastoral work of the school. 2. Training- We run a gap year programme. 3. We run a number of events for children and young people. 4. We run a residential Activities Centre for schools.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF SET OUT IN CLAUSE 9 OF THE MEMORANDUM GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST TEENAGERS YOUNGER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ("YOUNG PEOPLE") IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND ELSEWHERE. (B) THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED ARISING FROM HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE SICK. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND ELSEWHERE

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

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Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £56,804 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £200,809, which the trustees note exceeds their optimal reserves target of £130,000.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03726889

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ELTON, Isobel Ruth — director, appointed 12/05/2026on trustee list
• STOLLERY, Philip Charles — director, appointed 12/05/2026on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Christine — director, appointed 18/01/2024on trustee list
• ABERNETHY, Edward Joseph — director, appointed 18/01/2024on trustee list
• CLEE, Tristan — director, appointed 21/04/2022on trustee list
• GINN, Christopher Michael — director, appointed 07/03/2022on trustee list
• LEVETT, Matthew Charles — director, appointed 15/10/2020on trustee list
• ABBOTT, Graham Peter — director, appointed 05/09/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Deloris Knight
• Christopher Michael Ginn
• Edward Joseph Abernethy
• GRAHAM PETER ABBOTT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Isobel Ruth Elton
• Matthew Levett
• PHILIP CHARLES STOLLERY
• Tristan Clee · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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 CAMBERLEY YOUTH FOR CHRIST.

• CAMBERLEY YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £55k
• RUGBY YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £99k
• YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MINISTRY income £70k
• CHECKPOINT CHRISTIAN YOUTH TRUST income £40k
• CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES income £1.9m
• CHRISTIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION LIMITED income £40k

Side by side with its peers

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