MATTHEW TRUST UK

Registered charity 1123347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of Christian mission work and areas of need both in the UK and overseas

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF WEST SUSSEX THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT2 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 WEST SUSSEX THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT3 TO FURTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION TRAINING IN LEADERSHIP AND MISSION IN SUCH PARTS OF WEST SUSSEX THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: WEST SUSSEX THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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 · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £351,069, driven by £113,958 in investment income and a £6,698 gain on the sale of property. Expenditure on charitable activities was £30,321, resulting in a net income of £90,335 for the year. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RUPERT GUY BARTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN CROFT · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST.

• THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST income £107k
• THE MATT. 6.3 CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.9m
• THE MATTHEW MINISTRY income £118k
• MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION income £342k
• THE MATTHEW 25 MISSION income £255k
• ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY income £442k

Side by side with its peers

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