METRO WORLD CHILD

Registered charity 1079863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METRO MINISTRIES (UK)

To advance the Christian religion either in the UK or overseas, in particular but not exclusively, by: - the advancement of education, - the promotion of good race relations and equality of opportunity between persons of different racial groups; and - the relief of poverty particulary amongst children in inner-city areas.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £48,442 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £207,383. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves appear sufficient to meet this target given the annual expenditure levels. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVD WILLIAM FREDERICK WILSONchair
• MR ARIE PALIAMA
• SIMONE GLEUE

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

Operates in: Kenya · Philippines · Romania · South Africa · Thailand · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• MR ARIE PALIAMA — trustee here and at METRO WORLD CHILD
• REVD WILLIAM FREDERICK WILSON — trustee here and at METRO WORLD CHILD
• SIMONE GLEUE — trustee here and at METRO WORLD CHILD

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THEIRWORLD.

• THEIRWORLD income £7.4m
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• WORLD HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £131k
• JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k

Side by side with its peers

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