ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1099412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Please refer to the Trustees' report in the annual accounts.

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

Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a decrease in total funds of £306,058 for the year, bringing unrestricted reserves to £3,033,223. The Trustees consider a policy of holding a minimum of 4 months operational expenditure as a general reserve to be appropriate, and the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed this target. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months operational expenditure (held: £3.0m)

“The Trustees consider that a policy of holding a minimum of 4 months operational expenditure as a general reserve is appropriate for the charity.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 5 salaried employees related to trustees paid £135,370

“5 salaried employees are related to members of the Board of Trustees. None of these employees earned more than £60,000 and in aggregate were paid £135,370 in the year (2023: £132,107)” — page 22

“During the year the charity released £2,500 (2023: £1,900) to Faith Forster out of the funds held under the Forster Fund.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee Faith Forster from Forster Fund

“5 salaried employees are related to members of the Board of Trustees. None of these employees earned more than £60,000 and in aggregate were paid £135,370 in the year (2023: £132,107)” — page 22

“During the year the charity released £2,500 (2023: £1,900) to Faith Forster out of the funds held under the Forster Fund.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Freelance payment to Christen Forster (trustee's son)

“5 salaried employees are related to members of the Board of Trustees. None of these employees earned more than £60,000 and in aggregate were paid £135,370 in the year (2023: £132,107)” — page 22

“During the year the charity released £2,500 (2023: £1,900) to Faith Forster out of the funds held under the Forster Fund.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Armstrong & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Henry George — Ministry Team Leader (source)
David Pharoah — Chairman (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)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £525k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~22.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (04/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JAMES WILLIAM CHAPMANchair
DAVID FREDERICK HIGGINS PHAROAH
David Peter Charles Curtis
FAITH FORSTER
Professor ROBERT GEORGE
Sarah Caroline Larkin

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

Operates in: France · India · Lebanon · Nepal · Norway · Thailand · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/10/2024	£1.3m	£1.6m
31/10/2023	£1.8m	£1.7m
31/10/2022	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/08/2021	£1.2m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a decrease in total funds of £306,058 for the year, bringing unrestricted reserves to £3,033,223. The Trustees consider a policy of holding a minimum of 4 months operational expenditure as a general reserve to be appropriate, and the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed this target. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Armstrong & Co.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£26k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£10k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BNJC.

BNJC income £4.1m
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED income £596k
THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES income £1.7m
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
PORTCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST income £149k
SOUL CHURCH LTD income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BNJC FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025	£596k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PORTCHESTER FREE CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£149k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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