THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST

Registered charity 1203723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to advance the Christian faith by providing relief and care to elderly people who for reasons of age or infirmity are in need of residential care. The charity operates the Grace House care home service in Finchley, London, working in close partnership with local churches.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY PROVIDING RELIEF AND CARE TO ELDERLY PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE ARE IN NEED, INCLUDING BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF A RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND FACILITIES (FOR EXAMPLE OUTREACH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY).

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 generated a modest surplus before impairment charges, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. Free reserves of £48,143 were held at year-end, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of three months' routine expenditure. The trustees remain confident in the charity's financial sustainability through ongoing oversight and prudent expenditure.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Christian Care Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £935k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Christian Care Trust — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Grace House Residential Care Home: Requires improvement (28/09/2022) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William John Hawkeschair
• Alison Jane Peters
• Ernest John Perry
• Nicholas Pearson Harvey
• Suk Hee Choi

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EOTHEN HOMES LIMITED.

• EOTHEN HOMES LIMITED income £6.5m
• HOUSE OF PRAISE TRUST income £1.7m
• GRACE CHURCH COVENTRY income £110k
• THE CHARIS TRUST income £591k
• THE CROSS TRUST income £707k
• CHRISTIAN CARE HOMES income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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