THE DEO GLORIA TRUST

Registered charity 243305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q39913039 · also known as CONTACT FOR CHRIST

Supporting Christian outreach projects through grants

Objects

TO SEEK THE GLORY OF GOD BY ENCOURAGING THE FURTHERANCE AND PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BY PROMOTING THE INSTRUCTION, EDIFICATION AND FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND BY MAINTAINTING THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER AND CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND WITNESS. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF DEED)

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £118,857, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a reserve of £10,000. However, the total net assets are £8,607,890, with the majority held in investments and tangible assets, indicating a strong asset base despite the low liquid reserve position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: OUTREACH PROPERTIES LIMITED Companies House 01055425

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 28.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID HUGH FRAMPTONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Richard Wingfield Digby · trustee of 2 other charities
• David James William Smith
• David Norbury
• Jason Elliot Duffin · trustee of 5 other charities
• John Alexander Robb
• Mark Vincent Wagstaff
• ROGER DAVID CARSWELL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLORIA CHURCH.

• GLORIA CHURCH income £105k
• IMPACT GOSPEL CENTRE income £223k
• GRACE CHURCH DENBIGH income £142k
• THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST income £122k
• THE PRIMROSE TRUST income £121k
• THE GRACE TRUST income £68.2m

Side by side with its peers

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