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A CALL TO BUSINESS

Registered charity 1089505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity include mentoring groups, training materials, conferences, overseas visits, networking opportunities, prayer and consultancy.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£161k
Latest spending
£177k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves are £266,263, which the Trustees acknowledge is not sufficient to meet their own policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Consequently, the charity relies on financial support from Truestone Impact Investment Management Limited, a company controlled by a trustee, to ensure continued operation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £266k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 18
“The Charity owed £3,400 (2024: £3,400) to Truestone Africa Limited, a company in which several trustees are shareholders, at the balance sheet date.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Total income
£539k
Total spending
£305k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sierra Leone · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£161k£177k
31/07/2024£539k£305k
31/07/2023£159k£170k
31/07/2022£146k£142k
31/07/2021£189k£199k

Common questions

Is A CALL TO BUSINESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves are £266,263, which the Trustees acknowledge is not sufficient to meet their own policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Consequently, the charity relies on financial support from Truestone Impact Investment Management Limited, a company controlled by a trustee, to ensure continued operation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 BROOK TRUST1£72k
THE NORTHWICK TRUST1£25k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
THE ELLERDALE TRUST1£8k
STAPLES TRUST1£5k
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE DANSON FOUNDATION1£4k
THE EARLEY CHARITY1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAPTER2.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
A CALL TO BUSINESS£161k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAPTER2 FY2025£231k——unclear—no doubt
TEEN CRISIS UK FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
TRUE JESUS CHURCH (LONDON) FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
FAITH TRUTH & HOPE FY2025£913k—0unclear—noted

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