SWINEMOOR CHRISTIAN TRUST

Registered charity 1109422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWINEMOOR CHAT

The trust which is a Christian organisation runs a community charity shop on Swinemoor estate in Beverley. Items are sold at a very affordable price. At the front of the shop is an area where free refreshments are served and people can chat. The objectives of the charity are to advance the Christian faith as the trustees of the charity may from time to time see fit.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE SWINEMOOR AREA OF BEVERLEY IN THE COUNTY OR EAST YORKSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED 'THE TRUSTEES') MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SWINEMOOR

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,324 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £105,253. The trustees indicate that normal business is expected to continue growing, with no plans to take on new employees at present.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Mountjoychair
• Hilary Green
• Philippa Hutchinson-Chan
• Simon Anthony Alan Merriweather
• Susan Edwards
• Terence Jackson
• Tracey Atkinson

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

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