CELEBRATE TRUST

Registered charity 1195730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CELEBRATE is a Catholic ministry, open to all members of the body of Christ, that aims to inspire, equip and connect people of all ages to live an authentic Christian life in the power of the Holy Spirit, in support of the family, to form the next generation and encourage local community. We train leaders, run events, host activities and produce resources that provide faith support nationally.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: · ESTABLISHING MINISTRIES AND EVENTS; · PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF FORMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; · PROMOTING UNITY WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND · PROMOTING THE OUTREACH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING THROUGH WORK FOR THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES.

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

Registered contact address: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,700, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of retaining at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £6,634 for the year, with total funds increasing to £60,950, indicating stable financial health without material uncertainty.

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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13127899 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CELEBRATE Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• YARDLEY, Ian Micheal Leslie — director, appointed 22/01/2024on trustee list
• DE KRETSER, Sarita — director, appointed 25/09/2023not on trustee list
• KENNEDY, Richard Andrew — director, appointed 12/01/2021on trustee list
• SAYER, Pauline Lucy — director, appointed 12/01/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Michael Leslie Yardleychair
• Dr Sarita de Kretser · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Sayer
• Richard Andrew Kennedy

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 JESUS CELEBRATION MINISTRIES.

• JESUS CELEBRATION MINISTRIES income £35k
• JUBILEE CHURCH, COVENTRY income £411k
• CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED income £2.4m
• JUBILEE CHURCH (ACM) income £414k
• BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH income £184k
• CHAPEL OF LIFE income £285k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.