SHELFORD GOSPEL TRUST

Registered charity 1123608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian faithTo relieve sickness and financial hardship

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LITTLE SHELFORD CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;2 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 THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: LITTLE SHELFORD CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,537,735, which significantly exceed its annual expenditure of £48,300. The trustees report adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future, noting that regular donations and rental income remain stable despite cost of living pressures. The charity holds tangible fixed assets valued at £2,885,413, secured by secured loans totaling £396,894.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06474770

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GEORGIADIS, Nicholas Alexander — director, appointed 21/10/2025on trustee list
• BEWES, Nicholas Cecil John — director, appointed 16/01/2008on trustee list
• BRIDGE, Rosemary Elizabeth — director, appointed 16/01/2008on trustee list
• PEARCE, Joanna Louise — director, appointed 16/01/2008on trustee list
• WHITE, Robert Stephen, Professor — director, appointed 16/01/2008not on trustee list
• BRIDGE, Rosemary Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 16/01/2008

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROF ROBERT STEPHEN WHITE FRSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Pearce
• Nicholas Cecil John Bewes
• Nicholas Georgiadis
• ROSEMARY ELIZABETH BRIDGE

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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