CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO
The focus of church activity remains the sharing of the Christian Gospel message to those who haven't heard it and the growing to maturity in faith of existing believers
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR THE WORLD, AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,262 and total reserves of £346,746. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position and has prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
What the accounts disclose
“Income from Donations and legacies” — page 14
“The Trustees have reviewed their Reserves Policy and will hold free reserves to the average value of 2 months operating costs plus £5,000 due to the reliance of the charity on uncertain donations. The policy therefore requires the charity to hold £47,725 of reserves. Free reserves of the charity at the year-end totalled £52,525 (being general reserves less fixed assets) (2024: £38,401).” — page 7
“Trustees (and families) donated £81,638 (2024: £66,755) before gift aid. Of this £74,514 is included within the unrestricted total and £7,124 is included within the restricted total of note 1 (Where a Trustee has only served for part of the year, donations are included for the corresponding period).” — page 17
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 111
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 115
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 116
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- REV EDWARD FRANCIS QUENTIN PENNINGTONchair
- Alexander Karnail Singh Basran
- Benjamin Smith
- Feiyi Duan
- John Yianni
- Linda Benn
- Lucy Mennear
- NATHAN ROSS FAIRHEAD
- PHILIP ROY TURNER
- Rachel Mary de Jong
- Rev Joel Anore Carle
- Samuel Fischel Salter
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £289k | £281k |
| 31/12/2024 | £275k | £275k |
| 31/12/2023 | £266k | £253k |
| 31/12/2022 | £321k | £261k |
| 31/12/2021 | £236k | £222k |
Common questions
Is CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,262 and total reserves of £346,746. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position and has prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO as a grant recipient include THE SOLA TRUST, CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE SOLA TRUST | FY2025 | £20k | Other church ministry |
| CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST | FY2022 | £8k | Other ecclesiastical grant |
| CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST | FY2023 | £8k | Other grants — Ecclesiastical |
| CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST | FY2025 | Unverified read£8k | Other grants — Ecclesiastical |
| CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST | FY2024 | £8k | Other ecclesiastical grant |
| THE SOLA TRUST | FY2023 | £4k | Other church ministry |
| THE SOLA TRUST | FY2024 | £3k | Other church ministry |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON | 1 | £103k |
| COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD | 1 | £23k |
Charities like this
- CENTRE CHURCH
- CHRIST CENTRAL
- CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE
- CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
- CHRIST CHURCH HUNTINGDON
- CLF LIFE CENTRE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIST CHURCH ENDCLIFFE CIO | £289k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| CENTRE CHURCH | £167k | £40,000 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHRIST CENTRAL | £521k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE | £528k | Under £60,000 | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST | £59k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| CHRIST CHURCH HUNTINGDON | £186k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |