THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1137570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in such parts of the UK and/or the world: through Christian Mission and evangelism, including through the establishment and operation of Christian ministries or churches; pastoral care and the promotion of theology, education and resources; and to prevent and relieve poverty and care for those in distress.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DIOCESE OFOXFORD AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEESTHINK FIT, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A CHURCH OR CHURCHES(2) THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE FOR THE CONGREGATIONS WORSHIPPING AT SUCH CHURCH ORCHURCHES(3) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE DIOCESE OF OXFORDAND SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROMTIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/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: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £23,656 for the year, resulting in a significant decrease in net assets to £6,849. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves are in deficit at £(22,734), which the trustees acknowledge is significantly below their policy target and represents a priority for remedial action.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 03/11/2026, 3 days after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2024 (received 12/03/2026, 132 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 17/04/2025, 168 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 29/03/2023, 149 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN ANTHONY BURMAN
• Ian Marlow · trustee of 3 other charities
• Merrie Goddard
• THE HON MRS SYLVIA JOSEPHINE RUTH MCLARDY

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Nigeria · Oxfordshire · Slough · Uganda · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

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