Venture Church (Milton Keynes)

Registered charity 1119304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILTON KEYNES CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Milton Keynes Christian Centre is a contemporary church seeking to benefit the citizens of Milton Keynes through the provision of a range of community activities including: Sunday services, Day Nursery, Children & Youth ministry, Senior Citizens focus, Gospel Outreaches, International Missions, Leadership & Personal development, variety of Small Groups and Counselling, Conferencing, & Coffee shop.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MILTON KEYNES

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended 2025 in a strong financial position with consolidated cash balances increasing to £1,001,588. The trustees confirmed that the organization can continue operating with no concerns regarding financial viability, citing the performance of the day nursery and conferencing activities. Free reserves of £741,827 were held, which is above the board's target of £250,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crouchers Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Omotayo Ogundiran Kufejichair
• James Fokkens
• John Martin Els · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Allan Keel
• Joseph Amaeze
• MARK ANDREW SHERRATT · trustee of 2 other charities
• Magbor Egiabai Akanni
• PETER TAKACS
• Virginia Jane Brown

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW CITY CHURCH MILTON KEYNES.

• NEW CITY CHURCH MILTON KEYNES income £165k
• GENERATIONS CHURCH MILTON KEYNES income £122k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES income £1.5m
• KING'S CHURCH (MILTON KEYNES) income £233k
• THE MILTON KEYNES CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £237k
• NEW MILTON EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH income £353k

Side by side with its peers

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