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Description

The Message Trust is a worldwide movement with a passion to share the love of Jesus Christ in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people and vulnerable adults, through creative mission, community transformation, Christ-centred enterprise and programmes working with those who are poor.

Also known as

  • Community Grocery
  • The Message Trust
  • The Message
  • The Message Community Centre
  • The Message Trust
  • The Message Trust (The Message Community Grocery)

CCEW Charity number

1081467

Company number

03961183

Registered

Postcode

M22 4RG

Website

message.org.uk

Latest income

£8,585,273 (on )

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Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1081467 .
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The Message Trust (this record)

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Last updated 2024-03-27

The Message Trust

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Last updated 2024-03-23

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Religious congregations I10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Young people BE115
  • Religion RL » Christianity RL200
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Religious Activities 108
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • National

The Message Trust

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2000-07-06 Registered as a charity
2004-08-31 1,374,578 1,371,746
2005-08-31 1,565,147 1,509,300
2006-08-31 2,200,827 2,154,636
2007-08-31 1,898,140 1,894,214
2008-08-31 3,489,272 2,286,067
2009-08-31 1,977,080 2,453,454
2010-08-31 2,557,895 2,507,414
2011-08-31 2,738,424 2,548,960
2012-08-31 3,377,926 2,646,984
2013-08-31 3,504,478 3,338,132
2014-08-31 3,613,577 3,519,349
2015-08-31 4,374,329 4,344,684
2016-08-31 4,729,571 4,608,750
2017-08-31 5,634,673 4,860,042
2018-08-31 5,681,720 5,545,694
2019-08-31 10,321,597 5,877,731
2020-08-31 5,982,036 6,108,888
2021-08-31 7,569,659 7,078,648
2022-08-31 8,585,273 10,573,055
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Message Trust

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Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 184 137
Employees paid more than £60,000 3 3
Volunteers 1,000 600
Trustees 5
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Message Trust

GB-CHC-1081467

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 6.4 6.7
Legacies 0.0 0.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 6.4 6.7
Income from charitable activities 2.1 0.8
Income from other trading activities 0.1 0.0
Income from investments 0.0 0.1
Other income - -
Total 8.6 7.6
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 1.3 0.3
Spending on raising funds 1.3 0.3
Grants to institutions 0.4 0.6
Other charitable activities 8.9 6.2
Charitable activities 9.3 6.7
Other spending - -
Total 10.6 7.1
Net income / (expenditure) (2.0) 0.5

The Message Trust

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Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.9 0.8
Investment assets 5.8 3.7
6.7 4.4
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 0.7 4.3
Other current assets 0.6 0.4
1.3 4.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (0.8) (0.6)
Net current assets 0.5 4.1
Total assets less current liabilities 7.2 8.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 7.2 8.6
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.4 0.6
Unrestricted funds 6.8 7.9
7.2 8.6

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Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 150,209 503,529
Government grants as % of total income 1.7% 6.7%
Number of government grants 33 30

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Grants received

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£9,950
11 months
Community Grocery
May 2023 to Apr 2024
The Joseph Rank Trust £20,000 The Message Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
£10,000
1 year
Community Grocery Glasgow
Apr 2023 to Apr 2024
Cheshire Community Foundation
Improving Outcomes in Deprived Neighbourhoods
£15,000
7 months
Warrington Community Grocery
Oct 2022 to May 2023
The Bishop Radford Trust £2,000 Grant to The Message Trust
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
£48,360 THE MESSAGE TRUST
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£10,000
1 year
Love Wythenshawe Youth
May 2021 to May 2022
Rank Foundation
Resilience Fund - Covid19
£10,000 Resilience Fund The Message Trust 2020
Garfield Weston Foundation
Youth
£10,000 Main Grants award
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All
£9,750
1 year
The Arts Cafe
Sep 2006 to Sep 2007

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