NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Registered charity 1045501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADVENTIST, ADVENTIST CHURCH, NEC OF SDAS, NECADVENTIST, NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE, SDA CHURCH

A Christian Church involved in promoting the Gospel: active in education & service to the whole community through programmes aimed at youth, family, marriage, health and spiritual development; all seek to encourage good citizenship. A strong emphasis is placed on healthful living to prevent disease. The charity, as a Mission, also assists overseas in humanitarian aid through its related charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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

Latest income
£12.6m
Latest spending
£12.0m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £631,238 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £12.6m and expenditure of £12m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11.3m, which the charity considers sufficient to meet its policy target of six months of operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Member giving (86% of income)
“Member giving through the and offerings remains the cornerstone of our income, totalling £10.8m (2023: £10.4m).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure (held: £11.3m)
“By policy, the NEC is required to maintain free reserves equivalent to at least six months of opera ng expenditure.” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Employed trustees and their immediate family members received emoluments as follows: Key management 170,084; Other trustees 143,555.
“Employed trustees and their immediate family members received emoluments as follows: 2024 £ Key management 170,084 Other trustees 143,555” — page 38
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£12.6m
Total spending
£12.0m
Reserves (reported)
£11.3m
Employees
98

Reported reserves equal ~11.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£12.6m£12.0m
31/12/2023£12.4m£10.4m
31/12/2022£11.5m£9.6m
31/12/2021£10.2m£8.7m
31/12/2020£9.6m£10.0m

Common questions

Is NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £631,238 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £12.6m and expenditure of £12m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11.3m, which the charity considers sufficient to meet its policy target of six months of operating expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS as a grant recipient include BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, THE GRIMMITT TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSFY2022£375kGeneral Operations
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSFY2024£281kGeneral Operations
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSFY2023£210kGeneral Operations
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSFY2022£78kGeneral Operations
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE GRIMMITT TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£10kTile Hill Food Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£10kTile Hill SOCIAL SUPERMARKET
UK government01/04/2020£506School Condition Allocation - Voluntary Aided Sector Recipients

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS£12.6m—0above—no doubt
SOUTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS FY2024£29.1mmore than £60,0007unclear—no doubt
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS FY2024£22.2m—0unclear—no doubt
NORWICH CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY FY2024£323k—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD (SEVENTH DAY) FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt

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