THE HIGHBURY CENTRE

Registered charity 1113000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOREIGN MISSIONS CLUB 2005

Provision of guest houses for the reception, accommodation, boarding and maintenance of foreign and home missionaries and Christian friends.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF GUEST HOUSES FOR THE RECEPTION ACCOMMODATION BOARDING AND MAINTENANCE OF FOREIGN AND HOME MISSIONARIES AND CHRISTIAN FRIENDS WITH THE INTEREST AND OBJECT OF MAINTAINING SUCH GUEST HOUSES AS PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL GUEST HOUSES AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £295,444 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily driven by a £361,066 loss on investments. Per the trustees' report, total funds carried forward decreased to £2,546,031, with net current assets standing at £294,728, which is significantly below the trustees' target free reserve level of £1,000,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Caladine Limited. Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hendrik Lourens Martinus Du Plessischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grant John Noel Farrant
• Janet Ann Campbell
• Rev Prakash Thankachan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HIGHBURY income £115k
• HIGHBURY QUADRANT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH income £184k
• HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY income £947k
• HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
• HIGHBURY VALE-BLACKSTOCK TRUST income £583k
• CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR HOLIDAY CENTRES LIMITED income £597k

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