JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1081586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFE IN THE WORD

As an organisation we broadcast both television and radio programs throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.We also support many projects throughout the world including feeding programmes, hospitals and orphanages. More detail is available at www.joycemeyer.org.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH; AND2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC NEED ARISING FROM WAR, NATURAL DISASTER OR OTHERWISEIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £30,251 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £250,030. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £250,030 are stated to be maintained at this level. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Unrestricted funds were maintained at this level throughout the year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to spouse of Key Management Personnel

“£38,945 to Mrs S Bailey, the spouse of a member of the Charity's Key Management, for remuneration in regards to her employment as UK Office Assistant” — page 26

“A balance of £36,095 was owed to Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc, a charity based in the USA” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Balance owed to affiliated charity

“£38,945 to Mrs S Bailey, the spouse of a member of the Charity's Key Management, for remuneration in regards to her employment as UK Office Assistant” — page 26

“A balance of £36,095 was owed to Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc, a charity based in the USA” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DUX Advisory Limited. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Joyce Meyer — President (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£208k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Queen
Matthew Bell
PASTOR KEVIN SAMBROOK
ROSEMARY SAMBROOK

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.5m
31/12/2023	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £30,251 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £250,030. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £250,030 are stated to be maintained at this level. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DUX Advisory Limited.

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
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£20k
EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION	1	£19k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND	1	£18k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£17k
BACK ON THE MAP LIMITED	1	£17k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k
JESSIE'S FUND income £337k
JOY CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £43k
THE JOICEY TRUST income £261k
MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER income £717k
JAY'S AIM - HELPING YOUNG HEARTS income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES	£1.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JESSIE'S FUND FY2025	£337k	—	0	unclear	8.0%	no doubt
JOY CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL FY2026	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JOICEY TRUST FY2026	£261k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER FY2026	£717k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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