THE CHRIST CHURCH GOSPEL PARTNERS' FUND

Registered charity 1150427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has supported 2 ministry workers and 13 ministry associates during the seventeen month period ended 31st August 2015. They have worked full time, supporting local churches, receiving both on the job and structured training from courses and conferences and providing pastoral care.

Objects

"THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:2.2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR THOSE SEEKING TO TRAIN IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED; AND THE SUPPORT OF CHRIST CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON AND OTHER CHURCHES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT.2.2.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT THROUGH PROVIDING COURSES, TUITION AND LESSONS IN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£51k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £107,386.28, which trustees hold to assure assistance where required due to uncertain income. The charity considers it has sufficient funds in hand to meet its obligations undertaken.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: General Donations (60% of income)

“General Donations £ 29,025.50”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: income is not guaranteed from year to year and the trust wishes to be able to assure assistance where required (reserves figure: £107k)

“Reserves are held because income is not guaranteed from year to year and the trust wishes to be able to assure assistance where required.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Paul Bridgeschair · trustee of 2 other charities
Francis Edward Orlando Saer · trustee of 4 other charities
James Jonathan Welch Roberts

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£51k	£35k
31/08/2024	£63k	£53k
31/08/2023	£77k	£69k
31/08/2022	£108k	£161k
31/08/2021	£39k	£6k

Common questions

Is THE CHRIST CHURCH GOSPEL PARTNERS' FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £107,386.28, which trustees hold to assure assistance where required due to uncertain income. The charity considers it has sufficient funds in hand to meet its obligations undertaken. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES.

CHRIST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES income £126k
CHRIST EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES income £107k
ST MARY'S CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST income £483k
THE PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £283k
THE CHRIST CHURCH TRUST income £65k
GOSPEL SUPPORT income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHRIST CHURCH GOSPEL PARTNERS' FUND	£51k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL CHURCHES FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES FY2025	£107k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST FY2025	£483k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£283k	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHRIST CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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