PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1037154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION PARTNERS, ACTION PARTNERS - PIONEERS, ACTION PARTNERS MINISTRIES, PIONEERS UK

Advancement of the Christian Religion in Africa and the WorldRelief of persons in need (regardless of their religion or ethnic origin) in Africa and the WorldTo support, teach, instruct and otherwise encourage those in the Christian faith and those who profess to be committed Christians in Africa and the World

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.5m

Latest spending

£3.7m

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £1,985,796, driven largely by the transfer of assets from a merged entity. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,915,953, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining available reserves of over £350,000. The trustees confirmed the charity remains in a sound financial position with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: over £350,000 (held: £1.9m)

“Our policy is to maintain available reserves of over £350,000” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of expenses to key management personnel (trustees)

“During the year 2 members of key management personnel were reimbursed a total £2,771 (2023: £843) for expenses.” — page 43

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Financial control deficiencies leading to loss of money

“In the process of the merger journey, the management and trustees recognised there were some financial control deficiencies which had led to an amount of money being lost by Pioneers UK Ministries.” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wright Vigar Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02917955

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pioneers UK Ministries (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.

LAWRENCE, Helen Margaret — director, appointed 20/06/2026on trustee list
BUTLER, Karl Oscar Johan — director, appointed 07/04/2025on trustee list
MATEER, Robert Alexander — director, appointed 07/04/2025on trustee list
MAGGS, Elizabeth Rosemary — director, appointed 07/04/2025on trustee list
MCCONKEY, Katherine Joyce, Dr — director, appointed 07/11/2015not on trustee list
JENKINS, Steven David, Dr — director, appointed 30/04/2015not on trustee list
MADDOCK, Peter John — director, appointed 08/10/2005on trustee list
HICKSON, Julie Ruth, Dr — director, appointed 12/10/2002on trustee list
MADDOCK, Peter — secretary, appointed 12/08/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £599k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£5.5m

Total spending

£3.7m

Cost of raising funds

£145k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr JULIE RUTH HICKSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Elizabeth Rosemary Maggs · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Margaret Lawrence
Karl Oscar Johan Butler
Katy McConkey · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER JOHN MADDOCK · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev David Cameron Meredith · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Alexander Mateer · trustee of 1 other charity
STEVE JENKINS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Bradford City · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cardiff · Cheshire East · China · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Croatia · Ethiopia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£5.5m	£3.7m
31/12/2023	£1.7m	£2.1m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£2.0m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.5m
31/12/2020	£1.3m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £1,985,796, driven largely by the transfer of assets from a merged entity. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,915,953, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining available reserves of over £350,000. The trustees confirmed the charity remains in a sound financial position with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Wright Vigar Limited.

Who funds PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES as a grant recipient include WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, HIGHFIELDS CHURCH, THE JERUSALEM TRUST, CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH, FIELDSDENE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2024	£50k	Single Institutional Project Grants
HIGHFIELDS CHURCH	FY2024	£14k	Missionary grants to support D Bhakia Raj
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Christian Evangelism and Relief Work Overseas
CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2025	£6k	Grant payable to institutions
CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2024	£6k	Grant payable to institutions
CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2023	£6k	Grant payable to institutions
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2023	£5k	Project Grants
CHATSWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2022	£4k
FIELDSDENE TRUST	FY2024	£4k	Advancement of Christian religion
FIELDSDENE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2021	£3k
FIELDSDENE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREYFRIARS READING	FY2021	£2k
FIELDSDENE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	For the advancement of the Christian Religion
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2025	£0	Single institutional project grants

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
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION	1	£263k
ALL NATIONS	1	£144k
CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )	1	£72k
KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST	1	£59k
LIFE CHURCH (CENTRAL ENGLAND)	1	£54k
LIFEPOINT CHURCH	1	£34k
CITY CHURCH COVENTRY	1	£34k
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE FATHERS).

THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE FATHERS) income £1.4m
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
MINISTRIES WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL income £836k
RELATIONAL MISSION income £431k
ACTIVE AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £219k
URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) income £244k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES	£5.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE FATHERS) FY2024	£1.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt
MINISTRIES WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£836k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RELATIONAL MISSION FY2024	£431k	—	above	—	no doubt
ACTIVE AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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