THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUSTEES LIMITED

Registered charity 1200039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC053799 (OSCR)

The Christian Community operates as a religious charity within the UK and Ireland.

Objects

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:2.1.1 to advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public by establishing andmaintaining congregations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland in which the sacraments, prayer meeting, lectures and other activities ofThe Christian Community can be held. Activities in furtherance of this willinclude:2.1.1.1 Producing and/or distribute literature or any suitable media on theChristian faith and to enlighten others about The Christian Community;2.1.1.2 Contributing to the meaning of people's lives and to their spiritualwellbeing through its religious services, pastoral counselling andinstruction that are open to all;2.1.1.3 Helping to provide a moral and ethical framework for beneficiaries’ lives.2.2 This provision may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior writtenconsent of the Commission. 2.3 Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the propertyof the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance withsection 7 Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

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 surplus of £807,960 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant revaluation gain on investment properties. However, the trustees note that unrestricted net current assets of £233,427 are well below their stated reserves policy target of approximately £450,000. The charity has significant borrowings but anticipates being cash generative in 2025 and expects to meet repayment obligations through further asset realisations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02191195

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.

• ABEL, Paul Philip — director, appointed 25/02/2025on trustee list
• BOONSTOPPEL, Willem Bastiaan, Rev — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
• GORDON, Inger Toni — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
• LANGSTON, Paul Anthony — director, appointed 17/09/2019on trustee list
• KELLER, Erhard Ernst Gordian — director, appointed 29/12/2018on trustee list
• RAVETZ, Thomas Oliver, Reverend — director, appointed 31/12/2013on trustee list
• MACLEAN, Christian — director, appointed 05/07/2006on trustee list
• PHILLPOT, Rosemary Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/07/2000on trustee list
• LANGSTON, Paul Anthony — secretary, appointed 03/02/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (16 freehold); recorded price paid £2.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Inger Toni Gordonchair
• Alexander Bruce Bennet
• CHRISTIAN MACLEAN
• Caroline Jane Clarke
• Paul Langston
• Paul Philip Abel
• REV THOMAS RAVETZ · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSEMARY PHILLPOT
• Rev Erhard Keller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Willem Bastiaan Boonstoppel

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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