COUNTIES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 9 August 1972
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 01041761
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £1,241,745
Latest expenditure: £1,182,384
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: COUNTIES, 30 HAYNES ROAD, WESTBURY, BA13 3HD

Website recorded by the regulator: www.countiesuk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

COUNTIES seeks to communicate the Christian faith in a culturally relevant way, across England and Wales, and encourage churches in mission through Evangelists, Exhibitions & other resources. It actively supports self-employed Evangelists, who are involved in a wide range of initiatives including local churches, schools, universities, prisons, markets, agricultural shows and door-to-door contacts.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 17 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 17 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,241,745
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,182,384

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 25 April 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £903,429
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,105,919

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 8 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 8 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,403,818
Total Gross Expenditure: £942,695

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £713,025
Total Gross Expenditure: £837,732

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 6 May 2022
Date Accounts Received: 6 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £919,808
Total Gross Expenditure: £856,012

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 17 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,241,745
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,182,384
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 470

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 25 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £903,429
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,105,919
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 8 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,403,818
Total Gross Expenditure: £942,695
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £713,025
Total Gross Expenditure: £837,732
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 46

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £919,808
Total Gross Expenditure: £856,012
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £11
Income From Government Grants: £12,995
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 52

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 17 July 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 1229701
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1397
Income Investments: 10647
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1241745
Income Legacies: 109366
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £40,281
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,142,103
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1182384
Expenditure Investment Management: 3295
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 26479
Expenditure Support Costs: 289452
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: -507
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £581,712
Assets Total Fixed: 564949
Assets Own Use: 96298
Assets Long Term Investment: 468651
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £491,568
Assets Total Liabilities: £65,135
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £991,382
Creditors One Year Total Current: 65135
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £212,520
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 943010
Funds Restricted: 48372
Funds Total: 991382
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 25 April 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 881127
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 774
Income Investments: 21528
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 903429
Income Legacies: 89075
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £39,673
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,066,246
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1105919
Expenditure Investment Management: 3562
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 14848
Expenditure Support Costs: 221843
Expenditure Depreciation: 4624
Gain Loss Investment: 42038
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £425,340
Assets Total Fixed: 793669
Assets Own Use: 127144
Assets Long Term Investment: 666525
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £147,852
Assets Total Liabilities: £8,993
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £932,528
Creditors One Year Total Current: 8993
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £134,846
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 856519
Funds Restricted: 76009
Funds Total: 932528
Count Employees: 9
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 8 July 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1327692
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 835
Income Investments: 12161
Income Other: 63130
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1403818
Income Legacies: 281491
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £34,659
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £908,036
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 942695
Expenditure Investment Management: 3396
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 18661
Expenditure Support Costs: 209671
Expenditure Depreciation: 13274
Gain Loss Investment: 13475
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £460,632
Assets Total Fixed: 452389
Assets Own Use: 95975
Assets Long Term Investment: 356414
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £653,635
Assets Total Liabilities: £13,044
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,092,980
Creditors One Year Total Current: 13044
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £373,902
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 896107
Funds Restricted: 196873
Funds Total: 1092980
Count Employees: 9
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 April 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 682211
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 9645
Income Other: 21169
Income Total Income And Endowments: 713025
Income Legacies: 15824
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £31,360
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £806,372
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 837732
Expenditure Investment Management: 3599
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 8700
Expenditure Support Costs: 182878
Expenditure Depreciation: 12039
Gain Loss Investment: -58926
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £466,189
Assets Total Fixed: 446975
Assets Own Use: 111530
Assets Long Term Investment: 335445
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £176,571
Assets Total Liabilities: £5,164
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £618,382
Creditors One Year Total Current: 5164
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £150,620
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 577719
Funds Restricted: 40663
Funds Total: 618382
Count Employees: 7
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 6 May 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 904823
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 5466
Income Investments: 9519
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 919808
Income Legacies: 188484
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £29,298
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £826,714
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 856012
Expenditure Investment Management: 3405
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4208
Expenditure Support Costs: 188450
Expenditure Depreciation: 26869
Gain Loss Investment: 70420
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £677,248
Assets Total Fixed: 484768
Assets Own Use: 96347
Assets Long Term Investment: 388421
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £321,612
Assets Total Liabilities: £4,365
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £802,015
Creditors One Year Total Current: 4365
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £264,425
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 773595
Funds Restricted: 28420
Funds Total: 802015
Count Employees: 7
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: COUNTIES
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-08-09T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 519387
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 519387
Assoc Charity Name: WHITEHILLS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Charity Name: COUNTIES
Charity Event Order: 5
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-12-02T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 1058989
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1058989
Assoc Charity Name: THE WEALD TRUST

Charity Name: COUNTIES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1972-08-09T00:00:00

Charity Name: COUNTIES
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-04-06T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 245273
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 245273
Assoc Charity Name: THE EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY

Charity Name: COUNTIES
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-10-11T00:00:00
Reason: Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number: 5112771
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1178711
Assoc Charity Name: NORTH SHIELDS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 9TH FEBRUARY 1972 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 14TH OCTOBER 1995 as amended on 23 Apr 2022 as amended on 20 Apr 2024 as amended on 20 Apr 2024
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS BEING CHARITABLE AS THE TRUST MAY DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 242852
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: C E W TRUSTEES LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 242855
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: COUNTIES

Charity Name Id: 242864
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: COUNTIES (FORMERLY COUNTIES EVANGELISTIC WORK)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures