MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1078661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILL GROVE

Care and support of children and families in need including residential accommodation, respite care, oversight of pre-school nursery and holidays, and other community activities, in the context of family and unconditional love.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£486k

Latest spending

£400k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported total funds of £1,145,704, with unrestricted reserves of £1,086,876. Total incoming resources were £1,153,915 against total expenditure of £1,145,704, resulting in a net movement in funds of £8,211. The accounts state that the charity does not advertise or engage in fundraising and relies on donations and legacies to meet its needs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: K White and R White receive accommodation, food, and vehicle access.

“The trust deed of the Charity gives authority for the payment of remuneration to K White and his wife, R White for services actually rendered to the charity. Mr and Mrs White no longer receive a salary but receive accommodation, food when they eat with the residents and access to the use of two vehicles owned by the Charity.” — page 34

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The trust deed of the Charity gives authority for the payment of remuneration to K White and his wife, R White for services actually rendered to the charity. Mr and Mrs White no longer receive a salary but receive accommodation, food when they eat with the residents and access to the use of two vehicles owned by the Charity.

“The trust deed of the Charity gives authority for the payment of remuneration to K White and his wife, R White for services actually rendered to the charity. Mr and Mrs White no longer receive a salary but receive accommodation, food when they eat with the residents and access to the use of two vehicles owned by the Charity.” — page 34

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/02/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (12/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Keith John Whitechair · trustee of 4 other charities
ANDREW PLOWMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
David Mark Small
Dr JUDITH HELEN LITTLEJOHN
Lynn Jennifer Cadman
MARTIN JOHN WESTBROOK
MONICA RUTH WHITE
Stephen Campbell Small

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£486k	£400k
31/12/2024	£382k	£403k
31/12/2023	£398k	£373k
31/12/2022	£358k	£402k
31/12/2021	£306k	£335k

Common questions

Is MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported total funds of £1,145,704, with unrestricted reserves of £1,086,876. Total incoming resources were £1,153,915 against total expenditure of £1,145,704, resulting in a net movement in funds of £8,211. The accounts state that the charity does not advertise or engage in fundraising and relies on donations and legacies to meet its needs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST, NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON), THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WOODFORD WELLS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£25k
NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON)	FY2023	£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WOODFORD WELLS	FY2021	£200	Grants
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WOODFORD WELLS	FY2022	£0	Grant
NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON)	FY2024	£0

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION	1	£96k
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
THE MILLBY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT income £190k
THE GROVE TRUST income £183k
THE MILLENNIUM TRUST income £2.8m
MILLBROOK CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £430k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MILL GROVE CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE TRUST	£486k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE MILLBY FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2024	£190k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GROVE TRUST FY2024	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MILLENNIUM TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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