AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM)

Registered charity 1097984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UK) · also registered in Scotland as SC040748 (OSCR)

Latest income
£13.5m
Latest spending
£14.0m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 10% to £13,509,548, driven largely by a 45% rise in legacies receivable. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £302,518, which the trustees consider sufficient given their policy to hold a contingency sum of at least £200,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — below the median for charities its size (£125k)
Emptoyees whose emotuments were between t1 10,000 and 1120,000 numbered 1 (2024 '11 — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least £200,000 (held: £303k)
Therefore, the trustees agreed that a sum of at least Î2OO,O0O be hetd in the bank. — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
Donations from Trustees inctuded in the accounts amount to Ê32,686 (2024: Ê10,000) — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: ACN Trading Limited
The resutts from the whotty owned trading company, ACN Trading Ltd, are carried in these accounts and reported under note 8. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aid to the Church in Need (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£13.5m
Total spending
£14.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£3.8m
Employees
46

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Albania · Angola · Argentina · Armenia · Bangladesh · Belarus · Benin · Bolivia · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brazil · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£13.5m£14.0m
31/12/2024£12.2m£11.3m
31/12/2023£13.0m£12.1m
31/12/2022£12.1m£10.7m
31/12/2021£10.2m£12.0m

Common questions

Is AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM) financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased by 10% to £13,509,548, driven largely by a 45% rise in legacies receivable. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £302,518, which the trustees consider sufficient given their policy to hold a contingency sum of at least £200,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (UNITED KINGDOM) as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUST.

Known funders

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