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Registered charity (CIO) · Aylesbury

Challenge Ministries UK

Challenge Ministries UK is a registered charity (number 1162211) based in Aylesbury, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Simon Philip Howard since 2015. Latest income £544k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as CMS-UK, Swazi Childcare (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £544k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Eswatini
Website
www.cmswazi.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£544k£507k
  • 2024£461k£487k
  • 2023£429k£438k
Earlier years
  • 2022£372k£375k
  • 2021£525k£510k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN ESWATINI AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE BY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES;4.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED OR MARGINALISED BY REASON OF ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE IN ESWATINI AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTRES; AND4.3. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN ESWATINI AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2Religious Activities 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.

Professional services 6Business services 2Dormant 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£544k 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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

3 from 3 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1162211
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 15 Jun 2015 as amended on 13 Apr 2024 as amended on 15 Oct 2025
Contact on the register
07554671676 · info@cmswazi.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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