COPTS IN NEED

Registered charity 1138357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main charitable objectives of the charity are the relief of poverty, the relief of sickness and the advancement of education. Primarily, but not exclusively, of people belonging to the Coptic Christian faith living in Egypt.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£384k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £980,828, with no stated reserves policy target or limits set by the trustees. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £198,527 and confirmed it is prepared on a going concern basis with sufficient funds to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 4.4% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“During the period, the charity raised £384148 in funds from a number of generous corporate and individual donors and expended £185621 on its charitable and fundraising activities.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr AWAD IBRAHIM AWADchair
DR ABDALLA
Dr Amir Emil Iskander Michael
Dr JOSEPH SARKIS MAXIMOUS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Robert Sobhi Bouchra George
Maryse Louis
Samer Daoud

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

Operates in: Egypt

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£384k	£186k
31/03/2024	£421k	£356k
31/03/2023	£277k	£273k
31/03/2022	£232k	£164k
31/03/2021	£216k	£22k

Common questions

Is COPTS IN NEED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £980,828, with no stated reserves policy target or limits set by the trustees. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £198,527 and confirmed it is prepared on a going concern basis with sufficient funds to continue operations for the next 12 months. 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
KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON	1	£97k
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH CENTRE.

THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH CENTRE income £523k
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER income £270k
COPTIC MEDICAL SOCIETY UK income £298k
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH income £126k
CHRIST CENTRAL income £521k
THE EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX ASSOCIATION FOR THE MIDLANDS income £413k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COPTS IN NEED	£384k	—	unclear	4.4%	no doubt
THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH CENTRE FY2024	£523k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FOUNDATION MANCHESTER FY2025	£270k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COPTIC MEDICAL SOCIETY UK FY2025	£298k	—	within	—	no doubt
SAINT MARY AND SAINT MINA COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST CENTRAL FY2025	£521k	—	above	—	no doubt

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