Bath Christian Trust

Registered charity 1085602 Registered since 2001

Operates: Bath And North East Somerset

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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

5.8y median 6y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Simon James Durrant since 2014

14.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

BOB Hamer since 2020
Ruth Elizabeth Martin 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 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Religious Activities 4General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 7Hospitality 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.6m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.7 in 2021

28 from 19 in 2021

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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Tutela Africa 1 shared trustee
Sports Chaplaincy UK and Ireland 1 shared trustee
AID International Development 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

ICC Missions Similar size; both Poverty relief
Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford LAW Centre Similar size; both Poverty relief
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International Similar size; both Poverty relief

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.lifechurchbath.com
Email	bct@lifechurchbath.com
Phone	01225463556
Address	BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST, 1A FORUM BUILDINGS, ST JAMES PARADE, BATH, BA1 1UG

Finances

£2,614,592 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,257,065	£1,037,493
2022	£1,726,262	£1,681,289
2023	£2,413,176	£2,255,202
2024	£2,483,208	£2,496,658
2025	£2,614,592	£2,471,154

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 10 OF THIS MEMORANDUM IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND ELSEWHERE3.2 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK3.3 TO PROMOTE OR PROVIDE EDUCATION (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 DECEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2002 BY A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME.

Trustees (5)

5trustees

75median age

3aged 70+

BOB Hamerage band 80-84 since 2020
Craig Kinnear Chair since 2024
Robert Michael Jacobsage band 80-84 since 2020
Ruth Elizabeth Martinage band 70-74 since 2023
Simon James Durrantage band 50-54 since 2014

Linked company (Companies House)

Bath Christian Trust · 04122782 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/12/2000

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Tutela Africa 1 shared trustee
AID International Development 1 shared trustee
Sports Chaplaincy UK and Ireland 1 shared trustee

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