THE CHERITH TRUST

Registered charity 1147262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide care and a pastoral-style ministry and befriending services to elderly and frail persons. We have made regular visits to elderly persons in the area of the West Midlands known as the Black Country. The Cherith House provides a range of fellowship and hospitality functions.

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Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a very small deficit of £64, effectively achieving a break-even position, with total unrestricted funds of £567,783. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet operating expenditure as it falls due and maintain that sufficient reserves remain to support ongoing activities. The charity is not dependent on any specific future funding source to continue operations, as confirmed by the going concern statement.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure the charity can meet its operating expenditure as it falls due (held: £568k)

“The Trustees' reserves policy is to retain sufficient reserves to ensure the charity can meet its operating expenditure as it falls due.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Relatives of trustees employed on normal commercial terms

“During the year, relatives of trustees were employed by The Cherith Trust. Their employments are on normal commercial terms and their salaries are commensurate with their duties, and are set by an independent group of trustees.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08008192 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

COLE, Andrew Timothy — director, appointed 10/03/2023on trustee list
FIELD, Lydia Christine — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
MANSELL, David Kenneth — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
HAYWARD, Thomas James — director, appointed 15/10/2020on trustee list
SHELDON, Neil — director, appointed 24/01/2019on trustee list
SHELDON, Benjamin Paul — director, appointed 26/02/2016not on trustee list
STONELAKE, Paul Simeon — director, appointed 27/03/2012on trustee list
HICKMAN, Paul Ernest — director, appointed 27/03/2012on trustee list
MARTIN, Marcus James — director, appointed 27/03/2012on trustee list
SHELDON, Benjamin Paul — secretary, appointed 26/10/2018

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Timothy Cole
David Kenneth Mansell · trustee of 2 other charities
Lydia Christine Field
MARCUS JAMES MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
MR Ben Sheldon · trustee of 1 other charity
Neil Sheldon · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL ERNEST HICKMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL SIMEON STONELAKE · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Thomas James Hayward · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£41k	£57k
05/04/2024	£92k	£44k
05/04/2023	£31k	£42k
05/04/2022	£24k	£40k
05/04/2021	£18k	£34k

Common questions

Is THE CHERITH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a very small deficit of £64, effectively achieving a break-even position, with total unrestricted funds of £567,783. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet operating expenditure as it falls due and maintain that sufficient reserves remain to support ongoing activities. The charity is not dependent on any specific future funding source to continue operations, as confirmed by the going concern statement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.