Rural Missions

Registered charity 802305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RURAL MISSION SOLUTIONS LTD, RURAL SUNRISE, Rural Mission Solutions, SUNRISE MINISTRIES

To advance the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and throughout the world by such means being charitable as the Society may determine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY SUCH MEANS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE SOCIETY MAY DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Ashfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £402,031, exceeding the trustees' policy target of approximately 12 months' operating expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis and received an unqualified independent examination. No material uncertainties or governance failures are disclosed in the filing.

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.

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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/11/2023, 1 day after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~15.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAPTAIN GORDON BANKS
• ELAINE TORR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth York
• Jonathan Price · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev JAMES THOMAS MULLIN
• Stephanie Boswell

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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