CHELSEA GOSPEL TRUST

Registered charity 1204146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE FAITH ATTACHED AT APPENDIX 1 TO THIS CONSTITUTION, FOR ALL THOSE WITHIN LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR, CHELSEA AND SOUTH WEST LONDON (OR IN SUCH OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME), BY SUPPORTING, THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR OTHERWISE: 3.1.1 PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP; 3.1.2 THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATELY TRAINED PEOPLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AND PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE; 3.1.3 OUTREACH AND EVANGELISM; 3.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT OF FAITH AS APPENDED TO THIS CONSTITUTION; AND3.1.5 ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES) WHICH THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME. 3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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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Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £65,566 against total receipts of £67,271, with administrative expenditure of only £1,673. The trustees consider the current cash holding sufficient to continue operations for the next 12-18 months, noting that formal reserves policy setting is pending the start of grant-making activities.

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 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Addymanchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• David Simon Mullins
• Rev Edward Lees-Millais · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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