The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Essential Christian

Registered charity 1126997 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ukraine

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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.

9 trustees on the board

7.6y median 5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
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 9General Charitable Purposes 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 13Tech 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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.essentialchristian.org
Emailinfo@essentialchristian.org
Phone01825 700830
Address14 HORSTED SQUARE, UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 1QG

Finances

£5,211,197 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,517,339£3,723,196
2022£5,621,266£5,309,195
2023£5,432,520£5,711,317
2024£5,338,327£5,374,973
2025£5,211,197£5,410,655

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Services

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

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Essential Christian · 06667924 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/08/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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