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Registered charity · East Sussex

Essential Christian

Essential Christian is a registered charity (number 1126997) based in East Sussex, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Martin James Young since 2018. Latest income £5.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ukraine
Website
www.essentialchristian.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Essential Christian
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.2m£5.4m
  • 2024£5.3m£5.4m
  • 2023£5.4m£5.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.6m£5.3m
  • 2021£3.5m£3.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO DO SO PRINCIPALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY1 SERVING THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WORLDWIDE2 ENABLING THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WORLDWIDE3 INFORMING, INSPIRING AND EQUIPPING CHRISTIANS TO LIVE OUT THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH WITH BIBLICAL INTEGRITY, HEARTFELT UNITY AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE; AND4 ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LIVE AS DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST

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.

9 trustees on the board

7.6y median 5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

8
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 9Religious Activities 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 12Tech and media 11Health and social care 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

31 from 45 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1126997
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 AUG 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 DEC 2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 MAR 2017
Companies House
Company number 06667924 · Active
Contact on the register
01825 700830 · info@essentialchristian.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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