LEADING THE WAY EUROPE

Registered charity 1095661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Leading The Way carries out its activities in accordance with its aims and objectives. Domestic radio broadcasts are carried by Premier Radio daily during weekdays on both terrestrial and satellite stations. The Leading The Way television program is broadcast on TBN and Daystar. LTW currently has dual language programming available in English and twenty two other languages.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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

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Latest income

£457k

Latest spending

£325k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £132,822 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total income of £457,462 against expenditure of £324,640. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £187,002, which the Council of Management determined were adequate for the charity's operations. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the ongoing work of the charitable company (held: £187k)

“The Council of Management has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets or investments (‘the free reserves’) held by the charitable company are sufficient to meet the ongoing work of the charitable company.” — 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2022)

Total income

£596k

Total spending

£733k

Cost of raising funds

£122k

Reserves (reported)

£248k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 20.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTIAN CHARLES WRIGHT
DR R T KENDALL
Dr MICHAEL AMERHOM YOUSSEF
RICHARD WAITES
Sarah Youssef Wright

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£457k	£325k
31/10/2024	£396k	£365k
31/10/2023	£421k	£645k
31/10/2022	£596k	£733k
31/10/2021	£584k	£444k

Common questions

Is LEADING THE WAY EUROPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £132,822 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total income of £457,462 against expenditure of £324,640. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £187,002, which the Council of Management determined were adequate for the charity's operations. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£182k
THE ALMOND TRUST	2	£50k
THE S M B TRUST	2	£12k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	2	£7k
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL	1	£999k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£205k
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	1	£100k
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH	1	£79k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DAYSTAR TELEVISION EUROPE.

DAYSTAR TELEVISION EUROPE income £385k
TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED income £870k
PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST income £12.2m
WAY UK income £210k
ST CLARE MEDIA EWTN LTD income £370k
LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £106k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEADING THE WAY EUROPE	£457k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DAYSTAR TELEVISION EUROPE FY2025	£385k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED FY2025	£870k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST FY2025	£12.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WAY UK FY2025	£210k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ST CLARE MEDIA EWTN LTD FY2025	£370k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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