COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION (UK)

Registered charity 1097842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION, CWM, CWM (UK), THE COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

To spread the knowledge of Christ throughout the world.To carry on, strengthen and extend the missionary work of Council for World Mission and its 32 member churches. To help member churches proclaim the Gospel by sharing resources, faith and understanding in this work and witness.To co-operate in missionary service with other churches and ecumenical enterprises .

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds a strong capital base with total net assets of £178.1m, predominantly derived from an investment portfolio that generated significant mark-to-market gains. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to maintain the base level of capital in perpetuity, and the going concern assessment confirms adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,000 - £69,999 (FY2023) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Council for World Mission (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~236.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (98% 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: 36.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Afika Babazile Rwayi
• Rev Dylan Rhys Parry
• Rev Francois Opura Pihaatae
• Rev Wonbin Park
• Trevor Llewellyn Benn
• Zodin Puii

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

Operates in: City Of London · Singapore

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EVANGELICAL MISSION ASSOCIATION.

• EVANGELICAL MISSION ASSOCIATION income £238k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PATRICK, WALLINGTON income £351k
• CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY income £8.3m
• KINGDOM MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL income £216k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
• ACTIVE AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £219k

Side by side with its peers

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