The Christian Trust

Registered charity 1041237 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Kenya

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Matthew Joseph Moore Chair since 2022
Hermanus Redelinghuys since 2026
Kenton Bandy since 2023
Paul Anthony Ryan since 2023
Robert William Steel since 2023

2.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Matthew Joseph Moore Chair since 2022
Hermanus Redelinghuys since 2026
Kenton Bandy since 2023
Paul Anthony Ryan since 2023
Robert William Steel since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5Religious Activities 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 5Property 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£2.5m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

24.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2020

82 from 129 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

82 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Similar size; both Health
Beyond Dementia Similar size; both Health
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund Similar size; both Health
European Society for Vascular Surgery Similar size; both Health
Rays of Sunshine Similar size; both Health
Three Pillars Trust Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ellel.org
Email	info@ellel.org
Phone	01524 751651
Address	ELLEL MINISTRIES, ELLEL GRANGE, BAY HORSE, LANCASTER, LA2 0HN

Finances

£2,522,309 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£2,636,720	£2,301,394
2021	£2,602,516	£2,534,966
2022	£3,655,161	£3,217,388
2023	£5,483,697	£3,445,316
2024	£2,522,309	£2,652,268

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 24 DECEMBER 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 SEPTEMBER 1994, 18 OCTOBER 2004 AND 9 APRIL 2008. as amended on 03 Nov 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

Matthew Joseph Mooreage band 55-59 Chair since 2022
Hermanus Redelinghuysage band 55-59 since 2026
Kenton Bandyage band 55-59 since 2023
Paul Anthony Ryanage band 60-64 since 2023
Robert William Steelage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The Christian Trust · 02883771 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/12/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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