BIKO BOWCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1113648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the charity is to provide resources for the formation and continuing re-formation of the ordained ministry of The Church Of The Province of South Africa.

Objects

THE EDUCATION AND CONTINUING FORMATION OF ORDAINED MINISTERS AND ASPIRING MINISTERS IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN PARTICULAR THE FOUR DIOCESES OF THE EASTERN CAPE IN THE CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Area of benefit: SOUTHERN AFRICA

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £51,262 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by total expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,680,235, which the trustees note are held in the investment portfolio and cash at the bank. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• FATHER George Guiverchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• EDWARD ALAN SPEIGHT
• EMMA JULIET GERALDINE OLIVER
• REV DR STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER SPENCER
• THOMAS JAMES PONSONBY RAMSDEN · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

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