THE PLAIN TRUTH

Registered charity 1098217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity publishes a Christian magazine - The Plain Truth - three times a year, which is circulated free to its subscribers. The magazine carries articles on everyday topics, from a Christian perspective. The charity also produces a monthly podcast which is free to download. The magazine is available in both print and a pdf (downloadable) version. The charity has also produced a free book.

Objects

TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD BY MEANS OF THE WRITTEN WORD BY RADIO, BY TELEVISION, BY RECORDINGS, BY PRINTED WORD AND BY PERSONAL EVANGELISM

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,195 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £78,485 to £58,290. The trustees consider the current financial position to be a sound basis for continuing operations into 2026, noting that sufficient reserves and previous legacy income have enabled the charity to continue its activities despite a drop in donations. The charity is not prepared on a going-concern basis of liquidation or cessation.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04619778

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Plain Truth (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• AYLING, Karl — director, appointed 23/10/2019on trustee list
• RUSSELL-JONES, Thomas Gethin — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list
• HAMMOND, Mary Helen — director, appointed 01/06/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PETER WILLIAM BRIERLEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karl Ayling
• Mary Hammond · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Gethin Russell-Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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