REVELATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1100573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main activites are the making and broadcasting of Christian programmes to be broadcast on television.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total group funds at year-end were £6,164,113, with unrestricted reserves of £2,648,530. The trustees maintain a stated reserve policy target of £500,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the actual unrestricted reserves. The charity reported a net income of £102,193 for the year, indicating positive operational performance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £500,000 (held: £2.6m)

“The amount the trustees currently are holding in reserve is £500,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 21st Century Television Limited (a company in which Lesley Conder, a trustee, is a major shareholder) was invoiced by the Charity £52,702 (2023: £75,306) in respect of broadcasting costs. £47,557 (2023: £60,732) was owed at the year end and is included in trade debtors.

“21st Century Television Limited (a company in which Lesley Conder, a trustee, is a major shareholder) was invoiced by the Charity £52,702 (2023: £75,306) in respect of broadcasting costs. £47,557 (2023: £60,732) was owed at the year end and is included in trade debtors.” — page 24

“Luke Conder (son of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £40,580 (2023: £39,996) for the provision of consultancy services.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Luke Conder (son of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £40,580 (2023: £39,996) for the provision of consultancy services.

“21st Century Television Limited (a company in which Lesley Conder, a trustee, is a major shareholder) was invoiced by the Charity £52,702 (2023: £75,306) in respect of broadcasting costs. £47,557 (2023: £60,732) was owed at the year end and is included in trade debtors.” — page 24

“Luke Conder (son of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £40,580 (2023: £39,996) for the provision of consultancy services.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Park 3D Limited (a company under the control of Jeremy Park - brother in law of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £12,586 (2023: £8,501) for the provision of consultancy services.

“21st Century Television Limited (a company in which Lesley Conder, a trustee, is a major shareholder) was invoiced by the Charity £52,702 (2023: £75,306) in respect of broadcasting costs. £47,557 (2023: £60,732) was owed at the year end and is included in trade debtors.” — page 24

“Luke Conder (son of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £40,580 (2023: £39,996) for the provision of consultancy services.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: During the year, donations totalling £27,645 (2023: £Nil) were paid to Revelation Association, a charity connected by trustees in common. The balance due to Revelation Association was £255,975 (2023: £255,975) and this is included in other creditors.

“21st Century Television Limited (a company in which Lesley Conder, a trustee, is a major shareholder) was invoiced by the Charity £52,702 (2023: £75,306) in respect of broadcasting costs. £47,557 (2023: £60,732) was owed at the year end and is included in trade debtors.” — page 24

“Luke Conder (son of Lesley Conder a trustee) was paid £40,580 (2023: £39,996) for the provision of consultancy services.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Genesis 247 SL, Revelation TV (London) Limited

“Revelation Foundation has a wholly owned subsidiary, Genesis 247 SL, incorporated in Spain.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dyke Yaxley Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £727k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£23k

Reserves (reported)

£637k

Employees

15

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GORDON PETTIEchair
ALISTAIR SCOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN ARTHUR ODELL
LESLEY ANN CONDER
LORNA PETTIE
Samuek Jayarajasinghan Jayakrishna

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

Operates in: Spain · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/12/2022	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/12/2021	£2.2m	£1.7m
31/12/2020	£2.4m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is REVELATION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total group funds at year-end were £6,164,113, with unrestricted reserves of £2,648,530. The trustees maintain a stated reserve policy target of £500,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the actual unrestricted reserves. The charity reported a net income of £102,193 for the year, indicating positive operational performance. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dyke Yaxley Limited.

Who funds REVELATION FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REVELATION FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£253
THE GOLDSCHMIED CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£0

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE VARDY FOUNDATION	1	£129k
THE TUFTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£29k
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH	1	£19k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REVELATION TRUST.

REVELATION TRUST income £212k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER income £217k
RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY income £213k
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ("RCCG") MAJESTY COURT income £217k
REVIVAL CHURCH EUROPE income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REVELATION FOUNDATION	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
REVELATION TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
REVELATION CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2025	£217k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY FY2025	£213k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ("RCCG") MAJESTY COURT FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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