# CRESS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1141343
- **Other names:** CHALKE VALLEY AFRICA FUND, CRESS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 12, 2011
- **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=1141343


## Contact

- **Address:** KNIGHTON MANOR FARM, KNIGHTON ROAD, BROAD CHALKE, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP5 5EB
- **Phone:** 01722780789
- **Email:** contact@cressuk.org
- **Website:** www.cressuk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1   THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS AND ILL-HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:(a)  improving educational opportunities and standards through sponsorship (b)  improving primary health, trauma and maternal care through training and sponsorship, including the provision of a primary health care clinic;(c)  providing training and support for but not limited to agriculture;(d)  promoting community finance through the establishment of Savings Groups and the provision of loans, education and advice;(e)  equipping, training and supporting local clergy and lay church members

**Activities:** Christian Relief  Education Skills and Sustainability  (CRESS)  is based in Wiltshire, UK and has a partner organisation based in Arua, Uganda.  It supports South Sudanese and Ugandan people, by providing educational bursaries for all ages; operating a primary healthcare clinic; education in agriculture skills using trained leaders, psychological trauma support and vocational training.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- South Sudan
- Uganda
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £327799 | £298300 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £396587 | £348160 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £318277 | £293762 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £314389 | £292855 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £223155 | £239909 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **RICHARD JEREMY DAVID METCALFE OBE** (Chair) — appointed June 1, 2021
- Anthony Belchambers — appointed Sept. 28, 2023
- CAROLINE LAMB MA OXON — appointed March 19, 2020
- Dr JONATHaN OLIVER CULLIS — appointed April 12, 2011
- Jane Guy — appointed March 31, 2017
- John Kenneth Elliott Broadley — appointed Dec. 5, 2018