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Registered charity 1182514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE LIFE AND MISSION OF THE CHURCHES OF THE OPEN OR CHRISTIAN BRETHREN MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,651 for the period, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £25,558 and aims to maintain an operating reserve equivalent to six months of budgeted expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 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
• 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 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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 — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frederic Johannes Constant Walravenchair
• Abraham Thomas
• Claudio Gustavo Quinteros
• Mulugeta Ashagre Endeshaw
• Peter Tan
• Professor JOEL ANDREW HERNANDEZ

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

Operates in: Italy · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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