THE UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST

Registered charity 1061221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

We aim to promote the advancement of the Christian religion or the material assistance of the poor or the advacnement of education in The Ukraine (and other countries of the world as opportunities arise), by conducting seminars with local pastors and assisting them with church planting and mission work, and the provison of relief supplies to those in need.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE SOCIETIES OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS WILL PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, THE MATERIAL ASSISTANCE OF THE POOR OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION

Area of benefit: UKRAINE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a deficit of £63,387 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was covered by drawing on reserves. The trustees consider the overall financial state of affairs to be satisfactory and confirmed adequate resources for going concern. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £76,453 at the end of the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable the charity to meet those ongoing commitments and obligations (held: £76k)
“The policy is to hold sufficient reserves to enable the charity to meet those ongoing commitments and obligations.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/05/2024, 98 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 28/02/2022, 28 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ukraine Christian Ministries (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Ukraine · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£101k£161k
31/03/2024£103k£190k
31/03/2023£254k£241k
31/03/2022£265k£116k
31/03/2021£83k£65k

Common questions

Is THE UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a deficit of £63,387 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was covered by drawing on reserves. The trustees consider the overall financial state of affairs to be satisfactory and confirmed adequate resources for going concern. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £76,453 at the end of the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRAMSHOTT AND LIPHOOK, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNAPHILL WITH BROOKWOOD.

Known funders

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

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 UKRAINE CHRISTIAN PARTNERSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE UKRAINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TRUST£101k—0unclear—no doubt
UKRAINE CHRISTIAN PARTNERSHIP FY2025£69k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP FY2024£191k—0below—no doubt
UKRAINE CHARITY FY2025£201k—0unclear11.5%no doubt
MICAH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES FY2025£217k—0below—no doubt
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£127k—0unclear—no doubt

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