CHRISTIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 220482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION), CPA · also registered in Scotland as SC043784 (OSCR)

Advance the Christian faith amongst members of the police serviceThe relief of poverty and sickness, and the promotion of any other charitable purpose for the benefit of members of the police serviceTo Promote, for the public benefit, the prevention of crime through supporting partnership working between the police and other community groups

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONGST SERVING MEMBERS OF THE POLICE SERVICE. 2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND OF SICKNESS, AND THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SERVING OR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE POLICE SERVICE. 3. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OF CRIME THROUGH SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THE POLICE AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£133k

Latest spending

£156k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £52,045, which is above the trustees' policy target of £42,843 (equivalent to six months' salary costs). However, the trustees report that current expenditure levels are not sustainable long-term, with forecasts indicating reserves will fall below the policy requirement by 2027 if no corrective action is taken. Consequently, the charity is actively considering restructuring and fundraising initiatives to protect its future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months salary (reserves figure: £52k)

“The policy agreed by the Trustees is to aim to hold in unrestricted reserves not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the ‘free’ reserves) sufficient cash reserves to cover salary costs for six months. This requires reserves of £42,843. Free reserves amount to £52,045.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Financial forecasts indicate that by 2027, if no corrective action is taken, the reserves will fall below the CPA’s policy requirement of maintaining reserves equivalent to six months' salary costs. Therefore, Trustees have been urged to act promptly in developing and implementing a sustainable long-term plan that will protect CPA’s future” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 88

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Christian Police Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dave Valente
Evans Chisala
GRAHAM NORMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
Gerald Dobson
Graham Alder
Heather Flanigan
Keith Evans
Kirsty Banks-Lyon
MARK WATTS

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£133k	£156k
31/12/2024	£134k	£157k
31/12/2023	£153k	£160k
31/12/2022	£126k	£125k
31/12/2021	£89k	£100k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £52,045, which is above the trustees' policy target of £42,843 (equivalent to six months' salary costs). However, the trustees report that current expenditure levels are not sustainable long-term, with forecasts indicating reserves will fall below the policy requirement by 2027 if no corrective action is taken. Consequently, the charity is actively considering restructuring and fundraising initiatives to protect its future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GRACE TRUST	FY2021	Unverified read£2k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON	1	£103k
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD	1	£23k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KEA, TRURO	1	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, STEVENAGE	1	£138

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIANS AWARE.

CHRISTIANS AWARE income £109k
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVANTS LIMITED income £51k
CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED income £2.4m
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE HORSHAM CIO income £308k
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH ATTLEBOROUGH income £997k
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH GRACE & TRUTH MINISTRY BIRMINGHAM income £193k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTIAN POLICE ASSOCIATION	£133k	—	—	above	—	noted
CHRISTIANS AWARE FY2025	£109k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVANTS LIMITED FY2025	£51k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CLARENDON TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE HORSHAM CIO FY2025	£308k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH ATTLEBOROUGH FY2025	£997k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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