FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CENTRAL TRUST

Registered charity 271151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the Charity are to act as a Central Board of Trustees for the Free Church of England, to hold as loans funds deposited for investment and to lend money and make grants to further the objects and work of the Free Church of England.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO BE THE CENTRAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OTHERWISE CALLED THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CHURCH) ENROLLED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1927 AND TO PROMOTE AID AND FURTHER THE OBJECTS AND WORK OF THE CHURCH.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a decrease in funds of £120,724 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £864,517. The trustees confirm that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, in line with the charity's stated policy. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £466k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN CHRISTOPHER MILLS · trustee of 3 other charities
• LESLEY ANN SECKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Natalie Emma Stenstrom · trustee of 1 other charity
• RIGHT REVD PAUL NIGEL HUNT BSC, MSC · trustee of 4 other charities
• RIGHT REVEREND DOCTOR JOHN FENWICK BAMThPhDDD
• Rev Anthony Kieran Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Jabson Watson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Mark Spiers
• Rev Robert Wilson
• Rt Rev Matthew Paul Firth MA BTh · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tamileniyal Joy Christy Sahadevan
• WILLIAM ALBERT CLEMENTS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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