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.

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

Latest income

£591k

Latest spending

£996k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“During the year the charity received gifts, that included Gift Aid recovered, of £340,000 (2024 £1,500,000) from A C Green and Mrs J M Green who are trustees of the charity.” — page 23

“The charity made the following grants to related parties: Family in Trust £96,197 (2024 - £154,020) - related by virtue of the fact that A Barker and A C Green are trustees of both charities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants to related charity

“During the year the charity received gifts, that included Gift Aid recovered, of £340,000 (2024 £1,500,000) from A C Green and Mrs J M Green who are trustees of the charity.” — page 23

“The charity made the following grants to related parties: Family in Trust £96,197 (2024 - £154,020) - related by virtue of the fact that A Barker and A C Green are trustees of both charities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£591k

Total spending

£996k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£9.8m

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£591k	£996k
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/03/2023	£188k	£1.5m
31/03/2022	£161k	£1.4m
31/03/2021	£79k	£715k

Common questions

Is THE CHARIS TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CROSS TRUST.

THE CROSS TRUST income £707k
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k
GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £589k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHARIS TRUST	£591k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CROSS TRUST FY2025	£707k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£344k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.7m	—	above	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.