CAM INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1153577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAM

The main object of the charity is the advancement of the Christian faith in Africa; working with national churches in areas of evangelism, literature distribution, Bible teaching, education and medical work. This is primarily achieved through the donation of funds to affiliated missionary workers and local projects with which the charity is partnering.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE WORKS IN AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds total funds of £6,713,830, significantly exceeding its stated reserves policy target of approximately £500,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is almost 100% dependent on voluntary donations to sustain its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McMillan & Co LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW PHILIP MCMANUS
• Dr ANNE ELIZABETH DYER · trustee of 1 other charity
• FLETCHER NGALASA KUSALOKA
• Gordon McKillop
• Paul Stephenson

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Mozambique · Zambia

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 AFRICA CHRISTIAN TEACHING SERVICES.

• AFRICA CHRISTIAN TEACHING SERVICES income £87k
• CHRISTIAN CAUSE income £63k
• EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (INTERNATIONAL) income £506k
• LIVING WORD CHURCHES INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £49k
• CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE ) income £657k
• MISSIO income £6.5m

Side by side with its peers

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