CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION

Registered charity 223366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

BUILDING TO BE DEVOTED TO MISSION WORK AMONGST POOR CHILDREN AND TO THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER WORK OF A BENEVOLENT AND PHILANTHROPIC NATURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MISSION.

Area of benefit: BIRKENHEAD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£188k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £130,216 for the year ended 31 December 2025, supported by incoming resources of £217,054 and net investment gains of £101,489. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £1,382,000, of which approximately £1,068,471 represents free reserves. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be adequate in light of ongoing commitments and planned activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twenty four months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to approximately twenty four months’ expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
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
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: 58

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

Volunteers: 63

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

Volunteers: 54

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Charles Thompson's Mission (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER MCGRATHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Grace Mills
Linda Pugh

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£217k	£188k
31/12/2024	£390k	£187k
31/12/2023	£190k	£177k
31/12/2022	£285k	£157k
31/12/2021	£227k	£135k

Common questions

Is CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £130,216 for the year ended 31 December 2025, supported by incoming resources of £217,054 and net investment gains of £101,489. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £1,382,000, of which approximately £1,068,471 represents free reserves. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be adequate in light of ongoing commitments and planned activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL	FY2023	£1k	Annual support
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL	FY2022	£1k	Ad hoc charity appeal
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH BURTON-IN-WIRRAL	FY2025	£1k

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
BENESCO CHARITY LIMITED	1	£38.6m
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARLIE'S PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY.

CHARLIE'S PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY income £45k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.5m
THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k
THAMES FOUNDATION income £524k
THE CHARLES LANE TRUST income £55k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD JESUS DISCIPLES CENTRE income £70k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARLES THOMPSON'S MISSION	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARLIE'S PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025	£519k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THAMES FOUNDATION FY2025	£524k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARLES LANE TRUST FY2024	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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