CENTRE MINISTRIES

Registered charity 528419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLOVERLEY HALL LIMITED

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Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £88,908 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,439,573. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum cash reserve of £300,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the current unrestricted fund balance. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £300,000 (3 months’ operational costs if income streams ceased) (held: £3.4m)

“The policy was reviewed during the year, and now requires that the charity to hold a minimum cash reserve of £300,000 (3 months’ operational costs if income streams ceased).” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 14 states that A Boulter, a trustee, was the independent valuer who revalued the land and buildings. Note 13 states that rent from The Quinta is paid to Operation Mobilisation (Charity No 1008196) at a non-commercial rate determined by costs.

“Land and buildings with a carrying amount of £4,659,889 were revalued on transition to SORP (FRS102) at 30th September 2014 by A Boulter [FRICS, IRRV], of Underwood's, a firm of independent valuers. Mr Boulter is also a trustee of the Charity.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Huxley Johnston Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Centre Ministries (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.7m

Reserves (reported)

£3.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~24.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW PAUL BOULTERchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Claire Ebbinghaus
Dr David Walker
PHILIP GEORGE MCELROY
SUSAN MCKELLEN

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£1.8m	£1.7m
30/09/2024	£1.8m	£1.7m
30/09/2023	£1.6m	£2.2m
30/09/2022	£1.3m	£1.1m
30/09/2021	£983k	£974k

Common questions

Is CENTRE MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £88,908 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,439,573. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum cash reserve of £300,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the current unrestricted fund balance. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Huxley Johnston Ltd.

Who funds CENTRE MINISTRIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRE MINISTRIES as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH	FY2025	£300	Outward Giving

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
EMMANUEL CHURCH WIMBLEDON	1	£10k
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM	1	£2k
GRACE TO YOU EUROPE	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE CHURCH.

CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
COMMAND PRAYER CENTRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL income £209k
FOCUS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £126k
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.5m
INSTITUTE OF CHARITY income £1.2m
CHRISTIAN PRISON RESOURCING income £145k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CENTRE MINISTRIES	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMAND PRAYER CENTRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£209k	—	unclear	—	noted
FOCUS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£126k	up to £15,000	unclear	—	no doubt
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF CHARITY FY2024	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt

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