INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST

Registered charity 1020758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERSERVE · also registered in Scotland as SC047295 (OSCR)

The charity exists to make Jesus Christ known through wholistic ministry, in partnership with the global church, amongst the neediest people of Asia and the Arab World and in Great Britain & Ireland.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £58,103 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven largely by legacy income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held at approximately £585,000, which the charity considers reasonable to cater for potential adverse experience, representing roughly 37 weeks of general fund expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02789773

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.

• NAWEJI, Brian Mutia — director, appointed 06/06/2026on trustee list
• HOCKING, Simon Edward — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
• GILL, Emmanuel William — director, appointed 02/09/2023on trustee list
• BOARDMAN, Christine Joy, Dr — director, appointed 03/06/2023on trustee list
• BUTLER, Alan Charles — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• TSUNEKAWA BUTTERWORTH, Keiko — director, appointed 02/03/2019not on trustee list
• HOWITT, Jane Methven, Rev — director, appointed 03/12/2016on trustee list
• SMUTS, John Peter, Rev — director, appointed 12/03/2015on trustee list
• KEMP, Malcolm Hugh David — director, appointed 11/12/2013on trustee list
• LEWIS, Philip — secretary, appointed 04/08/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jane Methven Howittchair
• Alan Butler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian Mutia Naweji · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Christine Boardman
• EMMANUEL GILL
• Keiko Tsunekawa Butterworth
• Malcolm Kemp
• Rev JOHN PETER SMUTS
• Simon Hocking

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Cambodia · India · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Nepal · Northern Ireland · Pakistan · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SERVANTS FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL.

• SERVANTS FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL income £536k
• INTERSERVE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP income £493k
• INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS income £7.6m
• BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £112k
• THE AFRICAN, INDIAN AND SLAVLANDS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £103k
• INTERNATIONAL AID TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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