CHRISTIANS IN ACTION

Registered charity 257785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christians In Action operates in two main ways. In the the church in London we work with children, youth and adults to help them to become mature human beings who can be of service to God and to the community.We also forward support to workers, mainly overseas and funds for projects such as orphanages and a day care centre for children as well as a home for the elderly.

Objects

TO PROPAGATE THE PROTESTANT AND EVANGELICAL FAITH. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION)

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held a bank balance of over £40,000 at the year's end, which exceeds its stated aim to hold a closing reserve of £18,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the charity's operations.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev RAY DJANchair
• ANTHONY OBAYORI · trustee of 1 other charity
• OPAL RHYS-TAYLOR
• REV ANDY PAGET · trustee of 2 other charities
• REV LES ISAAC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Frederick Brown

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

Operates in: Croydon · India · Macau · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST.

• THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST income £681k
• ACTIVE AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £219k
• Christian Residential Network income £178k
• CHRIST CENTRAL LONDON income £345k
• KEC CHURCH CENTRE income £209k
• LONDON CHURCH INTERNATIONAL income £497k

Side by side with its peers

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