TBF TRUST

Registered charity 271602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BARNABAS FUND, THE IN CONTACT TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC050502 (OSCR)

The charity seeks to maintain, advance and promote the Christian faith, and to relieve poverty and suffering, particularly of Christians suffering discrimination and persecution because of their faith. Grants are made to enable local project partners to support persecuted Christians in their areas. Assistance is also given to connected charities in circumstances that fall under these objects.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£746k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £120,437 against unrestricted funds of £10,008,005, with total funds increasing by £105,868 to £10,211,061. However, the trustees report that a Charity Commission statutory inquiry has hindered day-to-day functioning and fundraising efforts, while a bank account closure at Lloyds Bank has necessitated reliance on Barclays Bank.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant to Barnabas Aid Limited

“Grants totalling £916 (2024 - £21,618) were paid to this charity during the year.” — page 33

“During the year under review, KAF made a donation of £500,000 to the Trust as mentioned in Note 19, as well as a further £327,176 towards the operational expenses of TBF Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from K.A.F KITI Almond Foundation

“Grants totalling £916 (2024 - £21,618) were paid to this charity during the year.” — page 33

“During the year under review, KAF made a donation of £500,000 to the Trust as mentioned in Note 19, as well as a further £327,176 towards the operational expenses of TBF Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to The Oxford Centre for Religion & Public Life

“Grants totalling £916 (2024 - £21,618) were paid to this charity during the year.” — page 33

“During the year under review, KAF made a donation of £500,000 to the Trust as mentioned in Note 19, as well as a further £327,176 towards the operational expenses of TBF Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Servants Fellowship International

“Grants totalling £916 (2024 - £21,618) were paid to this charity during the year.” — page 33

“During the year under review, KAF made a donation of £500,000 to the Trust as mentioned in Note 19, as well as a further £327,176 towards the operational expenses of TBF Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission launched statutory inquiries into four charities linked to the 'Barnabas Family' due to concerns regarding shared premises, trustees, and the flow of funds with Barnabas Fund, which is under separate investigation. The regulator has frozen bank accounts for Reconciliation Trust and restricted transactions for the other three charities to mitigate risks to charitable assets while the inquiries proceed.

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo — Founder/Leader (Implied by context of founding and memorial) (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£746k

Cost of raising funds

£137k

Reserves (reported)

£120k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 13.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLINE JULIA CHENEVIX KERSLAKE · trustee of 2 other charities
Canon Dr Christopher Michael Neville Sugden · trustee of 4 other charities
Kuan Seng Ng
Manoharan Samuel Thambusamy
Rev Gavin Hugh Mitchell

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Chad · Egypt · Lebanon · Mongolia · Nepal · Pakistan · Ukraine

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.0m	£746k
31/03/2024	£9.3m	£39k
31/03/2023	£3k	£16k
31/03/2022	£30k	£12k
31/03/2021	£7k	£3k

Common questions

Is TBF TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £120,437 against unrestricted funds of £10,008,005, with total funds increasing by £105,868 to £10,211,061. However, the trustees report that a Charity Commission statutory inquiry has hindered day-to-day functioning and fundraising efforts, while a bank account closure at Lloyds Bank has necessitated reliance on Barclays Bank. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

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
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
THE REALM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KEA, TRURO	1	£6k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE TAJTELBAUM CHARITABLE TRUST income £580k
BARNABAS FUND income £16.5m
TOGETHER FOR CHANGE COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE income £712k
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER income £212k
THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST income £107k
THE P27 TRUST income £963k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TBF TRUST	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TAJTELBAUM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£580k	—	above	—	no doubt
BARNABAS FUND FY2024	£16.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHANGE COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE FY2024	£712k	—	above	—	no doubt
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MATTHEW 25 35 TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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