NEW MARANATHA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TRUST

Registered charity 1092273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of Christian Education for children and young people in the Swindon area

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE AGED BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 18 YEARS (OR OLDER THAN 18 YEARS IF THEY ARE STILL IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION) TOGETHER WITH THE PROVISION OF PART-TIME ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AND TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS BASED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES WITH THE TEACHING BEING UNDERTAKEN BY CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE AND FULLY SUPPORT THE STATEMENT OF FAITH APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SWINDON

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £66,998 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £53,943. The trustees note that the reserves target of three months' operational expenditure was not met, but they aim to achieve this within the next 3 to 5 years. The going concern status is supported by explicit support from a beneficiary and parents.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Micro Scooters — “We’re pleased to announce that Micro Scooters are supporting Maranatha Christian School. They’ve kindly donated scooting accessories, includ…” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Edward Halliwellchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Mirabel Oluwayemisi Osayi
• Matthew David Coe

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENT.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH NORTH WEST SWINDON AND LYDIARD MILLICENT income £187k
• THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
• SATMAR LIMITED income £173k
• Cranford School income £12.7m
• ST MARY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST income £214k
• THE NEWLAND CHRISTIAN TRUST income £696k

Side by side with its peers

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