CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (UK)

Registered charity 1101659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 700 CLUB OPERATION BLESSING, CBN CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK, CBN Europe, ORPHAN'S PROMISE

Promotion of Christian Religion by TV broadcasts, CD's, DVD's, Christian resources and humanitarian aid.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:(I) TO PROMULGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE TRUTHS OF THE HOLY BIBLE BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE PRODUCTION, BROADCAST AND DISTRIBUTION OF RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND MATERIALS IN OR ON BOOKS, TRACTS, PAMPHLETS, FILMS, TAPES, SLIDES, WORLD WIDE WEB (INTERNET), OR ANY OTHER AUDIO OR VISUAL DEVICES, MEANS OR MEDIA, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREAFTER DEVISED;(B) THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN RELIGIOUS, HUMANITARIAN, EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE WORK IN AND OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM;(C) THE DONATION OF MONEY AND SUPPLIES, AND THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE RELIEF OF HUMAN NEED AND SUFFERING IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED KINGDOM;(D) THE ENCOURAGEMENT BY EVERY MEANS, INCLUDING THE DONATION OF MONEY AND EQUIPMENT, OF RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING, AND THE PRODUCTION OF RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, WHICH CONVEYS RELIGIOUS TRUTH;(E) THE PROVISION OF MORAL AND SPIRITUAL ADVICE, SUPPORT AND PRAYER TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTACT THE CHARITY VIA TELEPHONE, LETTER, INTERNET, BY THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS; AND/OR(II) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE, AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED KINDOM AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £160,176 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted free reserves to £11,694. The trustees acknowledge the reduced reserve balance but conclude that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04460911
• Trading subsidiary: CBN RESOURCES LTD Companies House 10853789 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JEWELL, Rhonda Kay — director, appointed 09/01/2022on trustee list
• SMITH, Sandra Marie — director, appointed 18/01/2016on trustee list
• MITCHELL, Kim Harold — director, appointed 13/06/2002on trustee list
• DIJKENS, Mark Alexander — secretary, appointed 31/01/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KIM HAROLD MITCHELL
• Rhonda Kay Jewell
• Sandra Marie Smith

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Croatia · Israel · Netherlands · Poland · Portugal · Throughout England And Wales · Ukraine

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• CHRISTIAN TELEVISION ASSOCIATION income £86k
• CHURCH OF GOD (UK) CROYDON income £77k
• UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS LIMITED income £10.4m
• GOVERNANCE MINISTRIES income £7.6m
• UK CHRIST ROYAL CHURCH income £80k
• PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST income £12.2m

Side by side with its peers

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