EPSOM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST
EVANGELISM AND TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTINE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES OPERATING IN GB OR ELSEWHERE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN SPECIAL POVERTY OR NEED SUPPORT OF ITINERANT CHRISTIAN PREACHERS AND EXPOSITORS OF THE BIBLE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE OTHER CHARITABLE ACTS NECESSARY FOR THE AFORESAID PURPOSES
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 4.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING THE BIBLE AND OTHER CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, TEACHING THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO MISSIONARIES, ITINERANT PREACHERS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE STUDY AND EXPOSITION OF THE BIBLE AND / OR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL; AND4.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, INCLUDING BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF SUPPLIES TO THOSE IN NEED.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves were £40,501, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of routine expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £610 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with no salaried staff or governance costs incurred.
What the accounts disclose
“free reserves should be equivalent to approximately 3 months' routine general fund expenditure, plus committed future expenditure on other projects, where funds permit.”
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
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025
- Volunteers: 25
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024
- Volunteers: 20
- Grant-making is its main activity
Property (HM Land Registry)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/08/2024)
Trustees
- Grahame Rendell Davieschair
- Alain James Forbes
- Andrew James Deaville
- COLIN ROY DAVIES
- Lazarus Lebechi
- MICHAEL JOHN HOUGHTON
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2025 | £32k | £33k |
| 05/04/2024 | £263k | £49k |
| 05/04/2023 | £0 | £0 |
| 05/04/2022 | £0 | £0 |
Common questions
Is EPSOM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £40,501, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of routine expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £610 for the year, funded primarily by donations and investment income, with no salaried staff or governance costs incurred. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPSOM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST | £32k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| EMMANUEL EPSOM | £153k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| EPSOM METHODIST CHURCH | £861k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (UK) | £368k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| EMMAUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHORLEY | £32k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHRIST EMBASSY | £9.2m | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |