DAYLIGHT CHRISTIAN PRISON TRUST

Registered charity 1104726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAYLIGHT

To advance the Christian faith and education, and to relieve persons in condition of need or hardship, aged or sick, particularly but not exclusively in prisons and amongst the families of prisoners.

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

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£208k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £216,679 from £144,836 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £8,827. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £88,737, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of approximately six months of normal running costs. The charity confirmed it has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and gifts (68% of income)

“Donations and gifts 147,486” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately six months of normal running costs (held: £89k)

“The trustees consider an appropriate level of free reserves to be approximately six months of normal running costs” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Brendan Diaperchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ALAN JOHN HARE · trustee of 1 other charity
Graham Thrussell
James David McMaster · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Keith Killingley
Phil Watson
Richard Alan Sewell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£217k	£208k
31/12/2024	£138k	£190k
31/12/2023	£115k	£121k
31/12/2022	£119k	£105k
31/12/2021	£188k	£160k

Common questions

Is DAYLIGHT CHRISTIAN PRISON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £216,679 from £144,836 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £8,827. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £88,737, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of approximately six months of normal running costs. The charity confirmed it has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DAYLIGHT CHRISTIAN PRISON TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DAYLIGHT CHRISTIAN PRISON TRUST as a grant recipient include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Benefice of Medstead and Four Marks, THE S M B TRUST, SEEDFIELD TRUST, GREENFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH, MELBOURNE HALL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Benefice of Medstead and Four Marks	FY2021	£6k	Home missions and other Church Societies
THE S M B TRUST	FY2023	£2k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2023	£2k
GREENFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2023	£1k	Mission Work (Note 12)
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2024	£1k
MELBOURNE HALL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH	FY2026	£385	International Missionary work