THE CO-MISSION CHURCHES TRUST

Registered charity 1139922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NONE, THE DUNDONALD CHURCH CHARITABLE TRUST

Running a weekly programme of meetings for the proclamation of the Christian faith, study of the bible and mutual encouragement of those attending, running ministry training schemes, supplying financial and other resources to those carrying on gospel ministry in the UK and overseas, organising conferences to promote gospel ministry, provision of practical and financial help to those in need

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM BY THE CONTINUED PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AT DUNDONALD CHURCH AND BY THE RECRUITMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SENDING OF GOSPEL MINISTERS AND OTHERS TO ESTABLISH AND RENEW CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ELSEWHERE AND MINISTRIES RELATED THERETO;2) THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS AMONG ANY PERSONS WITHOUT LIMITATION;

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports strong financial health with unrestricted reserves of £10,104,639, which exceed the trustees' stated policy target. The organization generated a net surplus of £648,795 for the year, supported by a significant increase in income from donations. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £4.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~28.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chevonese Gilhooly
• Gregor James Ferguson
• John Clive Marland · trustee of 1 other charity
• Josephine Mathew
• PHILIP DAVID COOPER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Turner
• Rosemary Patricia Dunn · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST.

• THE CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST income £1.2m
• A CHURCH income £53k
• TAVISTOCK COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £62k
• CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY income £8.3m
• CHRIST GOSPEL CHURCH LONDON TRUST income £22k
• CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY TRUST income £4.7m

Side by side with its peers

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