THE PROCLAMATION TRUST

Registered charity 1094952 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principle activity of the charity is the advancement of the Christian Gospel and in particular to preach and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ as set forth in Scripture.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) TO EQUIP CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN TO PREACH AND TEACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AS SET FORTH IN THE SCRIPTURE ('THE OBJECTS').

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £169,561 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £5,698,217 to £5,530,628. The trustees acknowledge that plans are in place to build reserves to sufficient levels over the next couple of years, noting that free reserves at year-end were £234,114 against a policy target of three months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lovewell Blake LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2022 (received 24/07/2023, 85 days after the 30/04/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Robin Sydserff — Director of the Proclamation Trust (source)
• Ben Cooper — Deputy Director (Courses) (source)
• Carrie Sandom — Director of Women's Ministry (source)
• Kirsten Guthrie — Assistant Director of Women's Ministry (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £7.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon David Pillarchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Benjamin Stone · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elizabeth Kaye Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Henry John Warde · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAREN DAWN SOOLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew John Fuller
• Nathan James Buttery · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Pethick

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Henry John Warde — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS

Known funders

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

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.

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Side by side with its peers

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