# SOTERIA TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1040766
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 14, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1040766


## Contact

- **Address:** Soteria Trust, 39 North Street, EMSWORTH
- **Postcode:** PO10 7DA
- **Phone:** 01243377315
- **Email:** admin@soteriatrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.soteriatrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE GODLY PREACHING OF CHRIST'S HOLY GOSPEL. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD BY MEANS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS, CLASSES, SEMINARS, LECTURES, CONFERENCES AND PASTORAL COUNSELLING. THE PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CHRISTIAN WORKS. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORKS. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PROMOTING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE ABROAD WHO ARE IN NEED OF EDUCATION  SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IMPROVE.THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE ABROAD WHO ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT. THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION/SCHOOLS FOR SUCH PERSONS. PROVIDING SPONSORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARIES FOR SUCH PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

**Activities:** Andy Economides, the director, completed speaking engagements at conferences, seminars and missions across the UK through organisations or churches with two trips to Nigeria. Throughout the year the Trust continued to oversee the development of the vocational Soteria Business School in Ibadan, Nigeria. Children, young people and school staff are sponsored through Soteria Trust.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Nigeria
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £207813 | £156325 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £157776 | £155653 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £161369 | £154125 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £154930 | £158836 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £154894 | £109253 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MICHAEL ANTHONY MELLOWS** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 2, 2001
- ROBIN LINCOLN KEMP — appointed July 18, 1994
- Stuart Conrad Lack — appointed Jan. 6, 2026