CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION

Registered charity 1020558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C B M

To promote and advance the Christadelphian faith throughout the world.

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £270,241 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £3.734 million. The accounts state that these high balances allow the charity to sustain its activities and respond to emergency needs despite a 30% fall in total income compared to the previous year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Johnson Tidsall Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02796412

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Christadelphian Bible Mission (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HALE, Andrew John — director, appointed 06/12/2025on trustee list
JENKINS, Andrew — director, appointed 28/06/2025on trustee list
SOUTHGATE, Ivor John — director, appointed 26/06/2021on trustee list
WHITTAKER, Mark Donald — director, appointed 27/06/2020on trustee list
BOYD, Paul Nicholas — director, appointed 27/06/2020on trustee list
HARRISON, Michael David — director, appointed 23/06/2018on trustee list
JENKINS, Dafydd — director, appointed 25/06/2016on trustee list
MORGAN, Jeremy Victor Robert — director, appointed 25/06/2016on trustee list
MATHIAS, Jonathan — director, appointed 27/06/2015on trustee list
BILTON, Richard Marc — director, appointed 13/09/2014on trustee list
BASTEN, Mark Jonathan — director, appointed 28/06/2014on trustee list
GREEN, Michael Harry — director, appointed 24/06/1995on trustee list
BOYD, Paul Nicholas — secretary, appointed 26/06/2021

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£26k

Reserves (reported)

£3.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~31.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Jonathan Bastenchair
Andrew Charles Biggs
Andrew John Hale
Dafydd Jenkins
Ivor John Southgate
Jeremy Victor Robert Morgan
Jonathan Mathias · trustee of 1 other charity
MICHAEL DAVID HARRISON
Mark Donald Whittaker · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Nicholas Boyd
RICHARD MARC BILTON

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Belgium · Benin · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Burundi · Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£2.1m	£1.6m
31/12/2021	£1.7m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £270,241 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £3.734 million. The accounts state that these high balances allow the charity to sustain its activities and respond to emergency needs despite a 30% fall in total income compared to the previous year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Johnson Tidsall Ltd.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST)	1	£3.0m
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£124k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£14k
THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATION	1	£9k
REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET	1	£9k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE C3 CHURCH.

THE C3 CHURCH income £2.4m
REGIONS BEYOND UK income £353k
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) income £7.2m
THE CHRISTADELPHIAN AUXILIARY LECTURING SOCIETY income £201k
THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK income £184k
CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS CIO income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE C3 CHURCH FY2024	£2.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REGIONS BEYOND UK FY2024	£353k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) FY2024	£7.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHRISTADELPHIAN AUXILIARY LECTURING SOCIETY FY2025	£201k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.