BEACHY HEAD CHAPLAINCY TEAM LTD

Registered charity 1098885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST CHURCH OF HEALING AND COUNSEL, CHURCH OF THE WAY BEACHY HEAD CHAPLAINCY TEAM, MORE FIRE REVIVAL MINISTRIES LTD

BHCT is a Christian Chaplaincy specialising in crisis intervention and search and rescue at the notorious suicide spot of Beachy Head. In addition to cliff edge intervention the charity is also involved in preventative and post-intervention support. Those rescued travel from all over the UK and also from abroad. Our vision is to end suicide at Beachy Head.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £298,856, comprising a general fund of £217,345 and a designated fund of £81,511. The trustees' reserves policy requires holding sufficient funds to cover nine months of staffing costs, including a designated reserve for potential redundancy costs. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04376323

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team Ltd (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.

• SPROUSE, David — director, appointed 27/07/2026on trustee list
• MACHIN, Andrew Timothy — director, appointed 28/04/2026on trustee list
• DEJEAN, Catriona Agnes — director, appointed 21/07/2025on trustee list
• SLEEP, Benjamin Luke, Rev — director, appointed 21/07/2025on trustee list
• BROWN, Ian Robert — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
• WHITE, Andrew Arundel — director, appointed 26/04/2024on trustee list
• BELSEY, Theresa June — director, appointed 23/01/2021on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Jeanette Veronica — director, appointed 13/10/2020on trustee list
• BURLEY, Paul Charles Geoffrey — director, appointed 25/04/2020on trustee list
• WELLS, David — director, appointed 19/01/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Timothy Machin
• Andrew White
• Benjamin Luke Sleep · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catriona Dejean
• DAVID WELLS
• David Sprouse
• Ian Robert Brown
• Jeanette Williams
• Paul Charles Geoffrey Burley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Theresa Belsey

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).