SOUTHAMPTON CITY MISSION (CIO)

Registered charity 1162099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCM(CIO)

SCM exists to serve and to share with the churches of Southampton in their task of bringing the love of Jesus to the city. SCM provides food and clothing on an emergency basis using Food and Clothing Banks at local churches across the city. SCM works alongside schools in educating children in the teachings of Christ.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIC TENETS OF HISTORICAL BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY.2. TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREA .3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ANY AGE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH WORK IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BY SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES IN ENGLAND, THE UK OR ABROAD.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE PURPOSES THE CIO WILL SHOW THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN A PRACTICAL WAY, COMBINING EVANGELISM WITH SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL REACHES OUT TO THE HEARTS OF ALL PEOPLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER, COLOUR, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN OR FAITH (OR NONE).

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £162,384 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £562,421 to £541,111. The trustees note that the going concern basis is dependent on donation income continuing, and the charity has utilized its unrestricted reserves to fund growth and cover deficits in its schools project. The reserves policy aims to maintain free unrestricted reserves to protect the continuity of work and cover risks, with the trustees indicating their strategic plan to reduce reserves by investing in growth is on track.

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 3 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
• 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

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Duffchair
• David Christopher Evans
• Helen Mary Willis
• Margaret Anstis
• Stephen Chapman
• Temitayo Oloruntuyi

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CHRIST CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON CIO income £397k
• SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £115k
• SOUTHAMPTON LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £218k
• SOUTHAMPTON CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA income £33k
• SOUTHAMPTON CITY AND REGION ACTION TO COMBAT HARDSHIP income £1.7m
• CITY CHURCH SHEFFIELD income £424k

Side by side with its peers

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