EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (INTERNATIONAL)

Registered charity 1064037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E C M INTERNATIONAL, ECM (INTERNATIONAL)

The charity's object is the advancement of the Christian Faith in Europe and elsewhere by means of the evangelism of the peoples of Europe, irrespective of background, creed, nationality and current place of residence; the encouragement and strengthening of evangelical churches throughout Europe; the establishment of evangelical churches; demonstrating the Gospel of Jesus Christ by life and word.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Area of benefit: EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £77,390 to a total of £283,741, resulting from a surplus on unrestricted funds of £77,390. The trustees report that the charity is compliant with its reserves policy, which requires holding free reserves of no less than 13 weeks of projected recurring expenditure, equating to approximately £70,272.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNE HUDSONchair
• Andrew Graham McCormick
• DAVID JOHN ALLEN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Darrell Jackson
• Pavel Dobrinov Pavlov

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

Operates in: Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Finland · France · Germany · Gloucestershire · Greece · Ireland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (BRITAIN).

• EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (BRITAIN) income £1.1m
• INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MISSION income £63k
• CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY income £8.3m
• DEWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £193k
• AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM) income £13.5m
• CHRISTIAN VISION income £27.2m

Side by side with its peers

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