CENTRAL TRUST

Registered charity 1103327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CENTRAL TRUST, THE FULL LIFE TEMPLE, THE KING'S TEMPLE

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, PROVISION OF A LOCAL CHURCH TO ADVANCE AND/OR PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF BELIEF

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A LOCAL CHURCH TO ADVANCE OR PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OR DOCTRINES OF BELIEF SET OUT IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED.

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees believing current and future funding sources are adequate for the charity's needs. The document confirms that all transactions were properly recorded and that the financial statements are free of material misstatements. No specific figures for reserves, income, or expenditure are provided in this representation letter.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2025 (received 28/10/2026, 211 days after the 31/03/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2020 (received 23/11/2021, 23 days after the 31/10/2021 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 43.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWIN OBENG-DONKOR
• Rev CHRISTIAN OKYERE · trustee of 1 other charity
• THEO ODAMTTEN

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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