FORMISSION CIO

Registered charity 1059383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FORMISSION LTD, SPRINGDALE COLLEGE

Theological College

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Latest income

£278k

Latest spending

£277k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £1,676, increasing unrestricted funds to £272,676. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a transitional period involving a merger with Moorlands College and has confirmed it holds sufficient reserves to continue operations during this closure process.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Total income

£533k

Total spending

£546k

Reserves (reported)

£339k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ROY ALAN BAYLISchair
David John Rolles · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Beverley Ann Thomas · trustee of 2 other charities
Stanley Bandawa
Swarn Kaur Potter

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

Operates in: Czech Republic · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£278k	£277k
31/07/2024	£379k	£447k
31/07/2023	£533k	£546k
31/07/2022	£692k	£684k
31/07/2021	£648k	£653k

Common questions

Is FORMISSION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £1,676, increasing unrestricted funds to £272,676. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a transitional period involving a merger with Moorlands College and has confirmed it holds sufficient reserves to continue operations during this closure process. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£481k
THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED	1	£40k
BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£3k
GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST)	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC STUDIES.

THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC STUDIES income £1.2m
NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE income £1.6m
Emmanuel Theological College income £1.5m
ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST income £4.5m
CHRIST THE REDEEMER COLLEGE income £3.0m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' WOODSIDE LEEDS income £154k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FORMISSION CIO	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC STUDIES FY2024	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Emmanuel Theological College FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£4.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHRIST THE REDEEMER COLLEGE FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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