THE CHARIS TRUST

Registered charity 1140637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the furtherance of religious or secular education ;the advancementof the Christian faith;the relief of the poor and needy and the help and comfort of the sick and aged.

Objects

4) THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1) THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR EDUCATION; 4.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH EITHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS; 4.3) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY; 4.4) THE HELP AND COMFORT OF THE SICK AND AGED; AND 4.5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CLAUSES 4.1 TO 4.4 ABOVE WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME COMMEND ITSELF TO THE TRUSTEES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £6,229,603, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet long-term needs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £164,634 for the year, largely due to significant grant-making activities totaling £916,590. The filing notes that major donations are unlikely to resume to historic levels following the retirement of the main donor.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~117.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW CHARLES GREENchair
• ANDREW BARKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE MARY GREEN
• JONATHAN PAUL BONIFACE HARRIS
• Joseph John Marshall Bird
• Matthew James Fitzsimmonds-Taylor
• RICHARD JOHN GREEN

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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