SALEM INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1105659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC042715 (OSCR)

PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN CHURCHES AND OPEN FIELD CRUSADE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES. PROVIDE COUNSELLING TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, WHETHER EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL, LOSS OF LOVED ONES ETC. ADMINSTER WELFARE ALSO TO MEMBERS IN NEED EITHER FINANCIALLY OR MATERIALLY.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE AND PROCLAIM THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROMOTION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND TO EXTEND THE CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL FAITH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£736k
Latest spending
£697k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,869 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £494,313 to £471,444. The trustees confirm the church is financially stable and has adopted the going concern basis, with adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £471,444 against a policy to maintain funds at a level of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level of unrestricted expenditure (held: £471k)
“The policy of the church is to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the church, at a level of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee for services
“During the year, the church paid an amount totalling £19,120 (2023: £18,550) to one of the trustees for services rendered during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ashford Louis. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£736k
Total spending
£697k
Reserves (reported)
£511k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£736k£697k
31/12/2024£681k£704k
31/12/2023£700k£552k
31/12/2022£534k£479k
31/12/2021£467k£410k

Common questions

Is SALEM INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,869 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £494,313 to £471,444. The trustees confirm the church is financially stable and has adopted the going concern basis, with adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £471,444 against a policy to maintain funds at a level of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Ashford Louis.