WHITEFIELD CHRISTIAN TRUST

Registered charity 1159626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCT, WHITEFIELD CHRISTIAN TRUST CIO

Provision of assistance in housing long term Christian Missionaries returning home. Making grants to those in need who are aged, poor, sick, or disabled predominantly who have been long term Christian Missionaries.

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION EITHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS, AND THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY OR WORKING WITH A REGISTERED CHARITY WHOSE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RELIGIOUS OR OTHER EDUCATION.3.3 THE RELIEF OF THE AGED POOR SICK OR DISABLED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £3,694,615 with unrestricted reserves of £3,271,082, describing its financial position as strong. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a surplus of £226,837 for the year, with recurring rental income covering total expenditure. The trustees note that due to this coverage, they do not consider there is a need for free reserves on an ongoing basis.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER JOHN HELLAWELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Mezaour
• Mary Rachel Grimes-Boyum
• Michael James Frith · trustee of 3 other charities
• RICHARD ARTHUR KANE
• ROGER JOHN SNOWDON

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND.

• RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND income £381k
• THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST income £681k
• THE CHARIS TRUST income £591k
• RELATIONAL MISSION income £431k
• KEC CHURCH CENTRE income £209k
• PARISH OF EAST HAM, HOLY TRINITY income £345k

Side by side with its peers

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