SHENLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1148705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SHENLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP IS A BAPTIST CHURCH IN MILTON KEYNES WHOSE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROCLAIM AND TEACH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO WORK TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND ILL-HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER CHARITIES WORKING TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE CICKNESS AND/OR POVERTY.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING, PRINCIPALLY IN MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:-1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, PUBLIC WORSHIP SERVICES, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE; AND3) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £100,191, which the trustees state is sufficient to cover three months of normal expenditure. The accounts were independently examined with no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08148539 · 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.

• MCHENRY, Paul — director, appointed 01/07/2025not on trustee list
• COLLYER, Alison — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• RAVILIOUS, Adrian — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• RATTRAY, Cadian — director, appointed 19/05/2024on trustee list
• SOKUNLE, Kehinde Olubukola — director, appointed 29/01/2023on trustee list
• GOODSHIP, Roger — director, appointed 10/01/2022on trustee list
• MESSENGER, Julie Anne — director, appointed 27/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Ravilious
• Alison Collyer
• Cadian Rattray
• Jennifer Lynn Joyce
• Julie Anne Messenger
• Kehinde Olubukola Sokunle
• Paul Thompson-McHenry
• Roger Goodship

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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