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THE WHYTECLIFFE TRUST

Registered charity 222359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Primarily the provision and maintenance of places of Christian worship, fellowship and outreach; and secondarily the support of those engaged in Christian ministry and evangelisation. The Whytecliffe Trust also sometimes engages in other activities incidental to the foregoing, e.g. Christian publications. The Charity operates mainly in the Croydon area.

Objects

PROPERTY TO BE USED AS A MEETING PLACE FOR CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND FOR CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS PURPOSES ANCILLARY THERETO, EITHER GRATUITOUSLY OR FOR SUCH RENT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTS BEING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: CROYDON

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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Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£2k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's funds were substantially increased by a transfer from another trust in September 2024, offsetting a slight decrease in rental income and increased maintenance costs. The charity holds no paid employees and relies on voluntary maintenance and regular attenders' contributions for its principal funding. The trustees maintain a guiding objective to keep a minimum of £30,000 in cash balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The charity's principal source of funding is a monthly contribution by the regular attenders at each place of worship but see Section D about a one-off intake of funds from another trust.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure
“The Trustees expressed an aim in 2005 of maintaining a minimum of £30,000 in cash balances; this was difficult to achieve in recent years but has been re-affirmed as a guiding objective.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£47k£2k
31/03/2024£3k£1k
31/03/2023£3k£1k
31/03/2022£2k£5k
31/03/2021£3k£1k

Common questions

Is THE WHYTECLIFFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's funds were substantially increased by a transfer from another trust in September 2024, offsetting a slight decrease in rental income and increased maintenance costs. The charity holds no paid employees and relies on voluntary maintenance and regular attenders' contributions for its principal funding. The trustees maintain a guiding objective to keep a minimum of £30,000 in cash balances.