SEVENOAKS GOSPEL TRUST

Registered charity 1179316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sevenoaks Gospel Trust is a funding trust, supporting evangelical Christian ministry in Sevenoaks and the surrounding areas. This can be by providing grants, loans or other funding, or by acquiring or renting property and making it available for use. We carry out our activities in accordance with our Grant Making policy and Statement of Faith.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR OTHER FUNDING TO, AND MAKING AVAILABLE PROPERTY FOR USE BY, CHURCHES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN CHARITIES OR GROUPS IN PARTICULAR IN THE SEVENOAKS AREA THAT ARE IN SYMPATHY WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,639,541, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of a minimum £50,000. With total income of £100,620 and expenditure of only £14,244, the charity generated a substantial net surplus and maintains strong cash reserves of £305,670.

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.

• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK DOMINIC HARDINGchair
• DEBORAH JAEL DRURY
• GAVIN BRIAN WATSON
• Giles Samuel Mailer Witchell
• Michelle Reid
• Professor Peter John Rees · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEFTON GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

• SEFTON GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £160k
• Gospel Support and Homes Trust Limited income £2.2m
• Islington Gospel Trust Limited income £240k
• EASTBROOK GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £190k
• THE SEVENTY-THIRD TRUST income £127k
• THE GOSPEL STANDARD TRUST income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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