CONNECTIONS TRUST

Registered charity 1113099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We give aid overseas to children, the poor and for education. We support ministers and bible students.We run seminars in the Uk and help churches

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £18,018 for the year ended 31st March 2025, bringing total funds to £431,430. The trustees report adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £351,994 against restricted funds of £79,436.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000 per annum.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £90k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTONY JOHN HORSWOOD · trustee of 3 other charities
Adeboyega Omooba
DENIS MICHAEL WADE · trustee of 1 other charity
REVEREND LOVELL BENT

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

Operates in: Belarus · Brazil · City Of York · Czech Republic · Denmark · France · Ghana · Guyana · Herefordshire · India · Jamaica · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£116k	£98k
31/03/2024	£106k	£105k
31/03/2023	£90k	£97k
31/03/2022	£99k	£92k
31/03/2021	£127k	£99k

Common questions

Is CONNECTIONS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £18,018 for the year ended 31st March 2025, bringing total funds to £431,430. The trustees report adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £351,994 against restricted funds of £79,436. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CONNECTIONS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds CONNECTIONS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CONNECTIONS TRUST as a grant recipient include SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST, FOREST OF DEAN COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

ANTONY JOHN HORSWOOD — trustee here and at SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST	FY2024	£4k	To encourage Christian Missionary Activity
SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST	FY2023	£4k	To encourage Christian Missionary Activity
SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	To encourage Christian Missionary Activity
FOREST OF DEAN COMMUNITY CHURCH	FY2025	£1k	Grants for UK and overseas mission
SUTTON CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST	FY2022	£600	To encourage Christian Missionary Activity

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
THE TONY AND SHEELAGH WILLIAMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£226k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£211k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON	1	£14k
THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED	1	£13k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK	1	£8k
THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY	1	£7k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON NOAH TRUST.

THE LONDON NOAH TRUST income £407k
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST income £127k
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k
THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £206k
Connection Support income £10.1m
ST CHRISTOPHER'S EDUCATIONAL TRUST (INCORPORATING THE HUGHES AND STEVENS BEQUEST) income £208k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONNECTIONS TRUST	£116k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON NOAH TRUST FY2025	£407k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£330k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST FY2025	£206k	Under £60,000	within	—	no doubt
Connection Support FY2025	£10.1m	—	within	0.6%	no doubt

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