XTEND GLOBAL

Registered charity 1144658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Arab World Media, XG; ARAB WORLD MEDIA; PALM; MAARIFA

Produce and distribute culturally sensitive material through on-line media such as the web, mobile, social media and satellite television to make the gospel accessible in the countries of the Arab world, including very isolated geographical areas. Train leaders of the developing church in the Arab world through training initiatives for leaders who have little or no access to Bible Schools.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG THOSE WITH THE LEAST OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUPPORTED LOCALLY BY THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND OTHER REMOTE OR PERIPATETIC MEANS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH FROM TIME TO TIME ADOPTED BY PIONEERS INTERNATIONAL. B) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE WITH THE LEAST OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING THROUGH A LOCAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.C) TO RELIEVE NEED HARDSHIP SICKNESS OR POVERTY AMONG THOSE PEOPLES WITH THE LEAST OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUPPORTED BY A LOCAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.D) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THEIR WORKERS BY THE PROVISION OF SECURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO SUCH CHARITIES

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £268,658, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of 1.5 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £2,674 for the year, with total income of £2,781,476 and total expenditure of £2,853,182. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HODSON & CO. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Graham Billagechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aly Yohn
• Chi-Chung Keung
• HUGO WOLMARANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Rowlands
• Peter Sharp
• Robin Lowery

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

Operates in: Canada · Egypt · France · Lebanon · United States · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EXTENDING GRACE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES LTD.

• EXTENDING GRACE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES LTD income £107k
• COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND MENA income £443k
• GLOBAL HELP income £435k
• AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMAAT INTERNATIONAL income £45.1m
• HCJB-UK LTD income £562k
• EVANGELICAL MISSION ASSOCIATION income £238k

Side by side with its peers

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