CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CITADEL OF CELESTIANS PARISH

Registered charity 1157409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCOC

Christian Religious Activities and General Charitable Activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH[IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS] IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£141k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,115 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds of £150,911. However, the trustees report that the charity was not able to meet its targeted reserves policy, which requires unrestricted funds to equate to at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity relies on voluntary donations and gifts from congregants as its principal funding sources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £151k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds which are the free reserves of the charity at a level which equates to at least 3 months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

OLUSEGUN MICHAEL EKUNDAYOchair
Babatunde Salaam
OLUFUNKE JOSEPH

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£141k	£115k
31/12/2024	£82k	£77k
31/12/2023	£106k	£77k
31/12/2022	£66k	£55k
31/12/2021	£62k	£52k

Common questions

Is CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CITADEL OF CELESTIANS PARISH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,115 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds of £150,911. However, the trustees report that the charity was not able to meet its targeted reserves policy, which requires unrestricted funds to equate to at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity relies on voluntary donations and gifts from congregants as its principal funding sources. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/04/2024	£15k	Intercultural Arts for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST.

CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST income £59k
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION OF GOD PARISH income £44k
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST UK DIOCESE income £78k
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST (SALVATION OF JESUS PARISH) income £36k
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLY SPIRIT PARISH income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, CITADEL OF CELESTIANS PARISH	£141k	—	above	—	no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST FY2025	£59k	—	above	—	no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION OF GOD PARISH FY2025	£44k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST UK DIOCESE FY2025	£78k	—	within	0.0%	no doubt
CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST (SALVATION OF JESUS PARISH) FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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