# CHURCH GROWTH TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1138119
- **Other names:** CHURCH GROWTH TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 20, 2010
- **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=1138119


## Contact

- **Address:** The Barn, Baines Lane, Seaton, OAKHAM
- **Postcode:** LE15 9HP
- **Phone:** 01536201339
- **Email:** enquiries@churchgrowth.org.uk
- **Website:** www.churchgrowth.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.  TO PERMIT THE LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME COMPRISED IN THE TRUST FUND TO BE USED BY INDEPENDENT CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND EVANGELICAL CHURCHES AS CHURCHES, MISSION HALLS, CHURCH CENTRES, MINISTERS' RESIDENCES AND OTHERWISE FOR FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF SUCH INDEPENDENT CHURCHES CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND EVANGELICAL CHURCHES SO LONG AS THE SAME SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND SUBJECT THERETO TO LET OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE SAME AND APPLY THE INCOME OR CAPITAL ARISING THEREFROM IN MANNER HEREINAFTER APPEARING;2.  TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES THE CAPITAL THEREOF IN MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS OR GIVING GUARANTEES FOR SUCH OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME:2.1    FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING THE PLANTING OF INDEPENDENT CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN2.2    FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN2.3    FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING CHRISTIAN MISSIONS WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PLANT AND/OR SUPPORT AND/OR WORK WITH INDEPENDENT CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN3.  TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF INDEPENDENT CHURCHES, EVANGELICAL CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONS BY THE PROVISION OF:-3.1    ADVICE SERVICES ON PROPERTY ISSUES, NEW LEGISLATION AND GOOD PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CHURCHES AND MISSIONS;3.2    SEMINARS, GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION ON LEGAL, PROPERTY AND CHARITY MATTERS AFFECTING CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES.

**Activities:** Church Growth Trust offers not only property and trusteeship services but also ways of helping churches to grow. It aspires to glorify God by securing for Gospel use independent church properties and together with churches making them fit for their God-given purpose. Services include managing existing properties, new trusteeships and ownerships, building projects and advising churches.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £1532163 | £931012 | £24942530 | 9 |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £1867496 | £853283 | £22723734 | 9 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £1407084 | £828535 | £21721543 | 9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £1658153 | £578924 | £21078216 | 6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £1155061 | £684715 | £20489790 | 6 |



## Trustees

- DANIEL LEAFE LLB — appointed July 20, 2023
- Kevin John Russell — appointed April 28, 2025
- MARK ARTHUR WALLACE — appointed Oct. 3, 2024
- Neil Walker — appointed July 11, 2013
- PAUL WITHAMS
- Richard Canham — appointed Feb. 17, 2017
- Richard Jones — appointed Feb. 6, 2020
- SIMON RICHARD DAVID — appointed April 23, 2024
- Susanna Katherine Sanlon — appointed July 21, 2022