SOWING SEEDS MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1118261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and provide support and advice to people, in or heading into crime. Focusing on young people, in need. In particular the provision of support in encouraging citizenship and the provision of positive role models.The advancement of community cohesion and development through supporting ex-offenders back into the community.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:-TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF, AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE SITUATED IN PRISONS, DETENTION CENTRE AND YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTIONS, CONSISTENT WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES, BY: PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND TRAINING TO THOSE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES; RUNNING OF PROGRAMMES INTENDING OT CHANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THOSE PERSONS; THE PRACTICAL SUPPORT OF THOSE PERSONS; AND THE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OT THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND 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: IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD.

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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Registered contact address: Stockton-on-Tees, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £8,636 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a loss of £30,425 in the prior year. Net assets decreased from £106,997 to £99,386, driven by the operating loss and a reduction in cash reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts' compliance or the keeping of accounting records.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sowing Seeds Ministries (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARRY JOSEPH IRVIN
• Joseph Christi
• Sue Irvin

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 SEEDS FOR GROWTH.

• SEEDS FOR GROWTH income £97k
• SEEDS FOUNDATION income £58k
• MUSTARD SEED MINISTRY income £34k
• SEVEN SEEDS CIO income £304k
• SEED COMMUNITY income £33k
• LIVING SEED (EUROPE) income £41k

Side by side with its peers

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