01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 28 November 2008
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 06667924
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £5,211,197
- Latest expenditure
- £5,410,655
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 14 HORSTED SQUARE, UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 1QG
Website recorded by the regulator: www.essentialchristian.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The principal activities are (1) the annual Spring Harvest event for people of all ages and from a wide range of churches to encounter God, inspire confidence in the good news of Jesus Christ, and bring transformation (2) support for other Christian agencies to run events (3) production and publication of audio and video teaching, media and music (4) a service for administering royalties.
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
- 21 July 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,211,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,410,655
- 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
- 30 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £5,338,327
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,374,973
- 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
- 25 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £5,432,520
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,711,317
- 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
- 25 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,621,266
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,309,195
- 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
- 20 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,517,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,723,196
04 Official extract
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
- 21 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,211,197
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,410,655
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 680
- 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
- 30 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £5,338,327
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,374,973
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 677
- 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
- 25 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £5,432,520
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,711,317
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 662
- 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
- 25 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,621,266
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,309,195
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 781
- 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
- 20 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,517,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,723,196
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £14
- Income From Government Grants
- £157,203
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 23
05 Official extract
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
- 21 July 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 818082
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4191523
- Income Investments
- 2402
- Income Other
- 199190
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5211197
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £38,270
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,372,385
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5410655
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 75878
- Expenditure Governance
- 18290
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 335588
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 46159
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 197810
- Assets Own Use
- 197810
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £529,531
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,291,617
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£564,276
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1291617
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £213,033
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -601133
- Funds Restricted
- 36857
- Funds Total
- -564276
- Count Employees
- 32
- Consolidated 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
- 30 July 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 713242
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4457575
- Income Investments
- 6893
- Income Other
- 160617
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5338327
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £35,468
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,339,505
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5374973
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 45652
- Expenditure Governance
- 24152
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 308456
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 33300
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 98278
- Assets Own Use
- 98278
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £630,976
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,094,072
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£364,818
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1094072
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £368,670
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -415141
- Funds Restricted
- 50323
- Funds Total
- -364818
- Count Employees
- 31
- Consolidated 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
- 25 July 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 991428
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4302347
- Income Investments
- 1388
- Income Other
- 137357
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5432520
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £35,832
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,675,485
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5711317
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 390017
- Expenditure Governance
- 7025
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 308799
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 38330
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 98799
- Assets Own Use
- 98799
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £597,069
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,024,040
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£328,172
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1024040
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £356,234
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -356671
- Funds Restricted
- 28499
- Funds Total
- -328172
- Count Employees
- 33
- Consolidated 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
- 25 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1078577
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4422110
- Income Investments
- 26
- Income Other
- 120553
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5621266
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £38,404
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,270,791
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5309195
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 24842
- Expenditure Governance
- 11055
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 310718
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 42676
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- -1741
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 84075
- Assets Own Use
- 84075
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,018,219
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,151,669
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£49,375
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1151669
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £688,353
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -437947
- Funds Restricted
- 388572
- Funds Total
- -49375
- Count Employees
- 32
- Consolidated 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
- 20 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1360809
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1927420
- Income Investments
- 13
- Income Other
- 229097
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3517339
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £16,947
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,706,249
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3723196
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 36978
- Expenditure Governance
- 5105
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 499061
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 54241
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 2240
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 80084
- Assets Own Use
- 80084
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £820,575
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,262,105
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- −£361,446
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1262105
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £392,818
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- -605301
- Funds Restricted
- 243855
- Funds Total
- -361446
- Count Employees
- 39
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Ukraine
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- 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
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ESSENTIAL CHRISTIAN
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2008-11-28T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- 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
- 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
- Area Of Benefit
- UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 373111
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ETERNALFX
- Charity Name Id
- 373134
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- MEMRALIFE GROUP
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries