THE WORLD COMMUNITY FOR CHRISTIAN MEDITATION

Registered charity 1182213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO are such charitable purposes which advance the Christian religion as the Trustees shall from time to time think fit and in particular but willout prejudice to the generality of the foregoing in the teaching of the Christian tradition of meditation and prayer as et out in the teaching of John Main.Advancing the Christian Religion particularly in the teaching of the Christ

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION OF MEDITATION AND PRAYER AS SET OUT IN THE TEACHINGS OF JOHN MAIN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £150,010 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £480,740. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted funds do not meet the charity's own policy target of maintaining six months' expenditure, as the policy target is not currently met. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "below" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Laurence Freeman — Director (source)
• Angelene Chan — Chair (source)
• Krzysztof Albinski — Executive Director (source)
• Kath Houston — Director (source)
• Adriano Massi — Director (source)
• Kate Middleton — Director (source)
• Tayna Malaspina — Director (source)
• Leonardo Corrêa — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angelene Chan Li Chen
• BERTRAND BOUHOUR
• Fabrice Desmarescaux
• Father LAURENCE CHARLES FREEMAN OSB
• Janet Vivienne Robbins
• Mark Edward Hansen

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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• CHRIST CENTRAL income £521k
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• THE RAMP income £678k
• RELIGIOUS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX CIO income £14.0m
• THE ENGLISH REGION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY AND JOSEPH CIO income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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