Registered charity · Essex
The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust
The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust is a registered charity (number 1089599) based in Essex, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by RT Revd Martin Morrison since 2012. Latest income £167k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Eclisa (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £167k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- Where
- South Africa
- Website
- www.eclisa.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£167k£166k
- 2024£156k£165k
- 2023£93k£91k
Earlier years
- 2022£86k£96k
- 2021£67k£48k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS FALL WITHIN SUCH PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR NAMELY THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND BEYOND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF EVANGELICAL LEADERS COMMITTED TO THE PROCLAMATION AND TEACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD AND TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST AS SET FORTH IN SCRIPTURE TO WORK IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.
Board analysis
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
- RT Revd Martin Morrison Chair since 2012
- Jeremia Majaheni Gule since 2015
- Petrus Odendaal since 2012
- Rev Mark Burkill since 2012
- Rev Roger Wiles since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- RT Revd Martin Morrison Chair since 2012
- Jeremia Majaheni Gule since 2015
- Petrus Odendaal since 2012
- Rev Mark Burkill since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- RT Revd Martin Morrison Chair since 2012
- Jeremia Majaheni Gule since 2015
- Petrus Odendaal since 2012
- Rev Mark Burkill since 2012
- Rev Roger Wiles since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1089599
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23RD APRIL 2001, AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 21ST NOVEMBER 2001
- Contact on the register
- 07900925292 · eclisa1@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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