CHRESTOS MISSION

Registered charity 1095325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chrestos Mission operates principally among refugees of the Karen people in Thailand. It seeks to advance Christianity through missionary work and providing Christian literature and Bible classes, to relieve poverty, suffering and distress in accordance with Christian principles and to advance education by provision of classes in the English language, computer science and other subjects.

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Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£137k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,572 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £475,253, comprising a General Fund of £450,253 and a designated Orphanage Reserve of £25,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% of income)

“Donations and legacies General gifts received 62,278 33,352 95,630”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY JOHN HARROP MA, MBAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Horace Okeroghene Onobrakpeya
JACQUELINE JENNIFER WELLS
NEIL JOHN HARDY
Norman John Silverstone
Peter James Maycock · trustee of 1 other charity
REV EDWARD FRANK GOVEIA · trustee of 1 other charity
Rosslyn Anne Hill

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

Operates in: Thailand

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£108k	£137k
31/12/2023	£219k	£142k
31/12/2022	£90k	£118k
31/12/2021	£152k	£119k
31/12/2020	£100k	£140k

Common questions

Is CHRESTOS MISSION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,572 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £475,253, comprising a General Fund of £450,253 and a designated Orphanage Reserve of £25,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHRESTOS MISSION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRESTOS MISSION as a grant recipient include OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH AND ST PAULS ANERLEY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM	FY2025	£34k	Bible school and orphanage to the Karen people in NW Thailand
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH AND ST PAULS ANERLEY	FY2024	£20k	Grants for UK and overseas mission
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH AND ST PAULS ANERLEY	FY2022	£1k	Grants for UK and overseas mission
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH AND ST PAULS ANERLEY	FY2023	£1k	Grants for UK and overseas mission