Thurrock Christian Fellowship

Registered charity 297569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THURROCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST

The worship of GodThe instruction and edification of ChristiansThe care and Christian instruction of young people and childrenThe evangelism of non-christiansThe relief of poverty and sicknessThe advancement of the Christina faith generally in the UK and abroad

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO:(A) ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AS A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THROUGH PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, THE TEACHING OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AND THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE, SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING; AND(B) ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH BY PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION:(I) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS;(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEANS OF EDUCATION AND BOTH CHRISTIAN AND SECULAR SUBJECTS); AND(III) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEIN EACH CASE IN THE BOROUGH OF THURROCK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THROUGHOUT THE UK AND ACROSS THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: UK AND ABROAD

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Thurrock, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £79,133 for the year, resulting in a deficit. Total incoming resources were £743,925 against outgoing resources of £823,058. The trustees state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and unrestricted reserves stand at £1,065,503, though designated reserves for staff wages (£156,000) are below the stated policy target of £171,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW ACREMANchair
• Oyinlola Ayandokun
• Ricky Cranefield
• Stephen Chapman
• Thurrock Christian Fellowship (Trustee) Limited

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

Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

• STROUD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £110k
• HAVERING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £148k
• CHILTERN CHURCH income £276k
• CHRIST FAITH TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL income £2.4m
• ST MARY'S CHURCH OF CHRIST income £55k
• THEOTHERAPY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £674k

Side by side with its peers

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