SOUTH CENTRAL GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1149625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH CENTRAL MTC

Supports the growth of bible based churches in the South Central area of England through the encouragement of pastors, support for church plants, conferences and training of new bible teachers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PREDOMINATELY BUT NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE LOOSELY DEFINED AREA OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION OF ENGLAND.THIS WILL INCLUDE STRENGTHENING AND PLANTING CHURCHES, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING EXISTING AND POTENTIAL LEADERS, AND ALL OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.

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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Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £729 for the year ended 31 July 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £36,877, which is above their stated policy target of between £12,000 and £25,000. The filing confirms that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating 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 6 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08163369

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.

• BAXTER, Richard Peter — director, appointed 06/03/2024on trustee list
• LING, Elisabeth Anne — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
• PUTT, Thomas David, Rev — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
• MENARY, Andrew Burns — secretary, appointed 31/07/2012

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elisabeth Anne Ling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Thomas David Putt · trustee of 11 other charities
• Richard Peter Baxter · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Southampton City · Swindon · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUSSEX GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP.

• THE SUSSEX GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP income £91k
• THE MIDLANDS GOSPEL PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £65k
• CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
• GOSPEL SUPPORT income £48k
• GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST income £259k
• CHRIST GOSPEL CHURCH LONDON TRUST income £22k

Side by side with its peers

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