THE BIDDESTONE TRUST

Charity number: 267587
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Grant making

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £115,436
Total expenditure: £140,851

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 June 1974: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE BIDDESTONE CHARITABLE TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Peter Lawrence Mackenzie Trustee 09 September 2025
MELBOURNE HALL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev Mark Thomas Trustee 21 January 2025
AFFINITY
Received: On time
EVAN EVANS MEMORIAL TRUST
Received: On time
BORRAS PARK EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev GARETH NORMAN BURKE Trustee 21 January 2025
EUROPEAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP
Received: On time
John Leslie Rawlinson Trustee 21 January 2025
None on record
Rev John Watson Keddie Trustee 03 December 2019
None on record
Mr G Brady Trustee 12 December 2014
CHILDS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Received: On time
THE EVANGELICAL LIBRARY
Received: On time
REV R W FAY Trustee 31 January 2012
EVANGELICAL PRESS MISSIONARY TRUST
Received: On time
R I HAFFENDEN Trustee 04 December 2005
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £114.12k £90.95k £92.10k £110.03k £115.44k
Total expenditure £134.57k £70.77k £183.53k £241.44k £140.85k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2024 03 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 03 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 01 February 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 01 February 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 21 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 21 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 03 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 03 February 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 22 December 2020 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 22 December 2020 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 9 MAY 1974 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1996

Charitable objects

1. THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT RELIEF OR AID OF SUCH CHRISTIAN MINISTERS MISSIONARIES OR CHURCHES AS ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH AS MOST PURELY REPRESENTED IN THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION THE SAVOY CONFESSION AND THE LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION OF 1689. 2. THE RELIEF OF THE DEPENDENTS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS OR MISSIONARES. 3. GENERALLY THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE OF THE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT ASPECT OF THE SAID FAITH AS TAUGHT BY THE PROTESTANTS REFORMERS AND ENGLISH PURITANS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
JACOB CAVENAGH & SKEET
5 ROBIN HOOD LANE
SUTTON
SM1 2SW
Phone:
02086431166
Email:
jcs@jcssutton.co.uk
Website:

No information available