THE CANAAN CHRISTIAN TRUST

Registered charity 284117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANAAN CHRISTIAN CENTRE

SUPPORT FOR NEEDY FAMILIES & HOMELESS. ENCOURAGING CHILDREN THROUGH AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS & A WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING KIDS CLUB. WE SUPPORT ORPHANAGE WORK IN HUNGARY & HAVE GROUPS OF CHILDREN FROM HERE TO STAY, GIVING THEM ENGLISH LESSONS AS PART OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL VISIT. WE RUN AND MANAGE A WAREHOUSE IN HARROGATE AND YORKHIRE, DISTRIBUTING TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ON AN EVANGELICAL AND UNDENOMINATIONAL BASIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE. (B) TO FURTHER TEACHING OF THE BIBLE AS THE INSPIRED EVALATION OF GOD. (C) TO PROMOTE THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES TO EVERYDAY LIFE IN ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £263,394 to £259,530 due to a net movement in funds of -£3,864. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £228,818 and restricted funds of £30,712, with no stated reserves policy target provided for comparison.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Caroline Sands And Associates. 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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

• Brian Anderson
• Christine Squirrel Mrs
• Daphne Swift Mrs
• JUNE DOROTHY ANN COGHLAN
• LYNETTE LOADES
• TIMOTHY MORTON

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

Operates in: Hungary · Throughout England And Wales · Ukraine

Income and spending

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