CARISBROOKE PRIORY TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
The Trust exists to meet the needs of and support those who are sick or in distress, through the provision of listening, prayer, shelter (the Priory) and other services as part of the healing ministry of the Christian Church.
Objects
1 TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF PRAYER, ADVICE, LISTENING, SHELTER, FOOD AND OTHER SERVICES AS PART OF THE HEALING MINISTRY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.2 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, IN PARTICULAR BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, THE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £73,575 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £435,734. The trustees consider the free reserves of £137,973 to be adequate and necessary to continue the work of the charity. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 29
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 25
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 24
Trustees
- Robert John Whitechair
- Geraldine Carol Gardner
- Gillian Kerr
- Letitia Shereen Ash-Lameer
- Tom Wells
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £243k | £169k |
| 31/03/2024 | £160k | £164k |
| 31/03/2023 | £188k | £138k |
| 31/03/2022 | £95k | £118k |
| 31/03/2021 | £70k | £89k |
Common questions
Is CARISBROOKE PRIORY TRUST COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £73,575 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £435,734. The trustees consider the free reserves of £137,973 to be adequate and necessary to continue the work of the charity. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, STEVENAGE | 1 | £138 |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARISBROOKE PRIORY TRUST COMPANY LIMITED | £243k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED | £2.4m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED | £2.8m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THEOTHERAPY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST | £674k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| LAMPREY TRUST | £26k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Wellsprings Community Church | £181k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |