THE RELAY TRUST

Charity Number: 1170596
Charity reporting is up to date (62 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Relay Trust provides training, infrastructure, technology and advice for the development of leadership in churches in challenged areas of Africa, with a focus on Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Relay Trust also supports the training of African leaders through the Bishops Training Institute conducted in Kenya.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income:
£9,528,976

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Donations and legacies £9.53m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £0
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£8,574,263

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £8.57m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £0
Charitable expenditure £8.57m
Retained for future use £954.71k

People

8 Employee(s)

2 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£80k to £90k 2

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Religious Activities
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Ethiopia
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 December 2016: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NEIL ESPIE SMITH Trustee 19 March 2016
RELAY TRUST
Recently registered
ROGERIA MULRINE Trustee 19 March 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023
Total gross income £541.56k £676.17k £2.94m £6.36m £9.53m
Total expenditure £504.53k £1.34m £1.63m £6.42m £8.57m
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
Income - Donations and legacies £541.56k £676.17k £2.94m £6.36m £9.53m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £8 £4 £3 £0 £0
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £504.53k £1.34m £1.63m £6.42m £8.57m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Governance £3.90k £4.92k £13.68k £18.93k £35.99k
Expenditure - Grants institution £131.24k £749.56k £1.59m £5.78m £7.97m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023
Own use assets £0 £20.79k £0 £5.03k £0
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £94.28k £111.89k £2.13m £4.08m £7.16m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.80k £706.27k £1.40m £3.41m £5.53m

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 30 September 2023 30 September 2024 62 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 30 September 2024 62 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 12 January 2024 166 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 12 January 2024 166 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 04 March 2022 32 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 04 March 2022 32 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2019 31 January 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 31 January 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 19 MAR 2016

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, IN LEADERSHIP, MINISTRY, AGRICULTURE, ENTERPRISE AND GOVERNANCE OF PEOPLE, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY: (I) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION BY HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; (II) PROVIDING IN THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT; (III) SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS OF ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; (IV) SUPPORTING THE FURTHER TRAINING OF THE STAFF OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING FURTHER STUDY, IN SERVICE TRAINING AND ATTENDING CONFERENCES; AND (V) PROVIDING GRANTS TO AND CO-OPERATING WITH OTHERS TO ASSIST WITH THE ABOVE OBJECTS. 2) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDY, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE; 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, WHICH INCLUDES THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING, AS WELL AS THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH,BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO EASE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM OR TO PROVIDE COMFORTS FOR PATIENTS. 4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO INCLUDE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): (I) THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP; (II) THE PROMOTION OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION; (III) THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING; (IV) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; (V) PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES; AND (VI) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING. 5) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): (I) THE PROVISION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP; (II) RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; (III) CARRYING OUT RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONAL ACTS; AND (IV) CARRYING OUT MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH WORK. 6) PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) GRANTS OF MONEY; (II) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS (EITHER OUTRIGHT OR ON LOAN) SUCH AS FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FOOD, FUEL, HEATING APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES AND FRIDGES; (III) PAYMENT FOR SERVICES SUCH AS ESSENTIAL HOUSE DECORATING, INSULATION AND REPAIRS, LAUNDERING, MEALS ON WHEELS, OUTINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND UTILITIES; (IV) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES SUCH AS THE SUPPLY OF TOOLS OR BOOKS, PAYMENTS OF FEES FOR INSTRUCTION, EXAMINATION OR OTHER EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, LANGUAGE, LITERACY, NUMERICAL OR TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO HELP THE RECIPIENTS TO EARN THEIR LIVING, EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS OR TRAINING INTENDED TO BRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES TO A REASONABLE STANDARD; AND (V) THE PROVISION OF MONEY MANAGEMENT AND DEBT COUNSELLING ADVICE. 7) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL TO OR THE CHARITY MAY THINK CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS AND TO ALL OR ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED ABOVE.

Contact information

Address:
Beckley Manor
Beckley
OXFORD
OX3 9TG
Phone:
07453523434
Email:
NEILSMITH@RELAYTRUST.CO.UK
Website:

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