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)

To advance the Christian religion by supporting and promoting the Church, especially in countries where Christians are suffering persecution or discrimination and to further the other charitable work of the Church by providing practical assistance and pastoral care for persons in need, especially those who are living in, or are refugees, from such countries.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted free reserves were £302,518, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of holding at least £200,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

• Visit: Brendan O'Hara (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 02/01/2019 · Lebanon · ref V0403837
  Flights £1,648.92; accommodation £357.27; total £2,006.19
• Visit: Stephen Gethins MP (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 02/01/2019 · Lebanon · ref V0403406
  APPG on International Freedom of Religion or Belief to visit projects aided by Aid to the Church in Need, speak to refugees and raise awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the Syrian/Lebanese border

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

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

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

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TIMOTHY CHURCH FCAchair
• John Marsden
• Justin MACIEJEWSKI · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIPP HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN
• Patrick Anthony Francis Heren
• Pauline Stuart
• Tara Lajumoke

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

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RELEASE INTERNATIONAL.

• RELEASE INTERNATIONAL income £3.7m
• CHURCH COMMUNITIES UK income £28.5m
• HIS CHURCH - LONDON income £174k
• CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH GREAT BRITAIN HEADQUARTERS income £156k
• KEC CHURCH CENTRE income £209k
• THE CROSS TRUST income £707k

Side by side with its peers

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