COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - BRITISH ISLES MISSION CENTRE

Registered charity 1119770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Community of Christ is a Christian church whose purpose and mission is to proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace. The British Isles Mission Centre exists to support congregations, facilitate church expansion, and provide linkage between World Church ministries and congregations.

Objects

ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE AND STATEMENTS OF BELIEF OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHRIST

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Registered contact address: Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£354k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £793,519 at year-end, comprising unrestricted, designated, restricted, and endowment funds. However, the unrestricted General Fund reserves were £48,923, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering approximately three months of normal operating expenditure. The approved budget for the following year anticipates a deficit of £9,992, which will be covered by a planned transfer of £67,500 from reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately three months of normal operating expenditure (reserves figure: £49k)

“In managing its unrestricted reserves, the trustees seek, where possible, to retain sufficient funds to cover approximately three months of normal operating expenditure, providing flexibility to meet unforeseen circumstances, manage fluctuations in income and expenditure and respond to opportunities for mission.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Dunfield Charity Loan

“At 31 December 2025, the outstanding loan to the Dunfield Charity was £137,000. Given the significance of this financial exposure, the trustees continue to monitor Dunfield’s financial position, its future sustainability and its ability to repay the loan.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 45
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community of Christ – British Isles Mission Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gillian Vincent · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Elizabeth Tilbury · trustee of 1 other charity
Wayne Marc Farmer · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£255k	£354k
31/12/2024	£247k	£275k
31/12/2023	£230k	£174k
31/12/2022	£102k	£201k
31/12/2021	£216k	£171k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - BRITISH ISLES MISSION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £793,519 at year-end, comprising unrestricted, designated, restricted, and endowment funds. However, the unrestricted General Fund reserves were £48,923, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering approximately three months of normal operating expenditure. The approved budget for the following year anticipates a deficit of £9,992, which will be covered by a planned transfer of £67,500 from reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 ALBORADA TRUST	1	£490k
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	1	£56k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, CASTLE HILL, EALING	1	£17k
YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - LEICESTER.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - LEICESTER income £26k
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, LONDON income £75k
CHURCH OF GOD, A WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION - BRITISH ISLES income £154k
BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH income £184k
CHURCH COMMUNITIES UK income £28.5m
DISS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH income £265k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - BRITISH ISLES MISSION CENTRE	£255k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST - LEICESTER FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, LONDON FY2025	£75k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHURCH OF GOD, A WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION - BRITISH ISLES FY2025	£154k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BLESS COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£184k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHURCH COMMUNITIES UK FY2025	£28.5m	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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