SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 290547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The daily activities of the charity are closely aligned to its goals and its policies and include:-. Conducting Christian meetings Running community projects including a playgroup and caf+-? Organising activities and groups Raising money for overseas missions Working closely with other Christian organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£424k

Latest spending

£518k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £106,210 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing total net assets down to £935,005 from £1,041,215 in the prior year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity relies on voluntary donations for income and does not employ professional fundraising bodies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of £50,000 (held: £935k)

“The trustees believe that it would be prudent to have as a reserve a minimum of £50,000 readily available to cover unforeseen eventualities.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£625k

Total spending

£503k

Cost of raising funds

£91k

Reserves (reported)

£153k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 14.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE JAYNE BURGESS · trustee of 1 other charity
Malcolm Charles Hart
Matthew John Verrinder
Nigel Patrick Elliott
Peter James Burgess · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT PAUL BATES
Rohan James Saravanamuttu

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£424k	£518k
31/12/2023	£494k	£496k
31/12/2022	£439k	£516k
31/12/2021	£625k	£503k
31/12/2020	£473k	£419k

Common questions

Is SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £106,210 for the year ended 31 December 2024, bringing total net assets down to £935,005 from £1,041,215 in the prior year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity relies on voluntary donations for income and does not employ professional fundraising bodies. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP as a grant recipient include ROSCA TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
ROSCA TRUST	FY2022	£3k
ROSCA TRUST	FY2024	£2k
ROSCA TRUST	FY2023	£1k

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
GOLD HILL CHURCH TRUST	1	£1.5m
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION	1	£1.1m
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	1	£144k
Boodles Charitable Trust	1	£20k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAVENDISH GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

CAVENDISH GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.4m
THE CHURCH OF GOD IN SWINDON income £142k
LANSDOWNE GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £191k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, COVENT GARDEN income £931k
CASTLEGATE CHURCH income £128k
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD THE CITY OF GOD income £173k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP	£424k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAVENDISH GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHURCH OF GOD IN SWINDON FY2025	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANSDOWNE GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, COVENT GARDEN FY2024	£931k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CASTLEGATE CHURCH FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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