WOOD WORLD MISSIONS

Registered charity 1084001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POWER CENTRE CHURCH

THE TWO MAIN AREAS OR ACTIVITIES THAT THE WOOD WORLD MISSIONS OPERATES UNDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MINISTERING THE WORD OF GOD; AND B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MINISTERING THE WORD OF GOD; AND 2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£209k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £51,169, while total funds reached £63,057. The charity reported a net income surplus of £29,674 for the year. Operations in the UK and abroad are described as going well with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Tithes & offerings (67% of income)

“Tithes & offerings - 140,488” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 10
Government income: £31,771 — grants £31,771 (3); 15% of the £208,781 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £20,751 — grants £20,751 (3); 10% of the £209,554 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 7
Government income: £30,100 — grants £30,100 (3); 16% of the £187,075 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev WILLIAM THOMAS EGYIR WOODchair · trustee of 1 other charity
GABRIEL KWAKU WOOD
OHENE KWABINA MINTAH
Rev EDWARD MANASSEH AMPADU ANTWI · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev JAMES LARBI · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev MERCY NANA AMPONSAA WOOD
Rev REGINALD DICK ELORM YAO KWAMIE

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

Operates in: Ghana · Malawi · Nigeria · Throughout London · Uganda · United States · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£209k	£179k
31/03/2024	£210k	£210k
31/03/2023	£187k	£185k
31/03/2022	£155k	£160k
31/03/2021	£220k	£220k

Common questions

Is WOOD WORLD MISSIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £51,169, while total funds reached £63,057. The charity reported a net income surplus of £29,674 for the year. Operations in the UK and abroad are described as going well with no material uncertainties noted. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOOD WORLD MISSIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOOD WORLD MISSIONS as a grant recipient include MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	FY2022	£13k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	FY2023	£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/03/2006	£4k	Skills development for women

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
RADSTOCK TRUST CIO	1	£10k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

WORLD OUTREACH income £103k
WORLDWIDE MISSION FELLOWSHIP income £379k
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK income £307k
WORLD WIDE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF UK income £96k
LIVING WORD CHURCHES INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £49k
COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION (UK) income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOOD WORLD MISSIONS	£209k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLD OUTREACH FY2025	£103k	£22,500	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLDWIDE MISSION FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£379k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLD WIDE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF UK FY2025	£96k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIVING WORD CHURCHES INTERNATIONAL (UK) FY2025	£49k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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