UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

Registered charity 1145514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UCJC

During the financial year 2011-2012, the UCJC has supported both deprived and disadvantaged members of the church and non-members locally and across the UK by providing a range of social activities, care, and general support including home visiting and befriending, emotional support, advice and information sharing, guidance, advocacy. .

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK 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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£17k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £20,815 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £6,889. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Burundi · Canada · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany · Kenya · Manchester City · Namibia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£35k£17k
30/09/2024£15k£15k
30/09/2023£25k£23k
30/09/2022£20k£22k
30/09/2021£18k£19k

Common questions

Is UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £20,815 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £6,889. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST as a grant recipient include THE NORTON FOUNDATION, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kSocial activity
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2022£2kFunding to run a “Job Club” to provide intensive support services to 26 NEET (Not in Employment Education or Training) young people aged 18 – 21 years old from

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2025£20kThe BME Older Women Connect project
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£8kSupporting Vulnerable Young People throughout the Cost-of-living Crisis
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2021£3kBefriending BME Elderly Women with Mental Health Problems Beyond Covid-19
UK government22/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2019£8kCommunity Digital Literacy Club
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£5kConversation Club for Smethwick Refugee Single Mums
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2012£5kDeveloping Employability Opportunities through Volunteering

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 UNIVERSAL FAMILY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST£35k—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSAL FAMILY CENTRE FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD FY2025£15.4m—0above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY FY2025£1.4m——above—no doubt
UNITED CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITED CHURCH, WINCHESTER FY2025£211k——unclear—no doubt

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