PRAYER STORM

Registered charity 1161853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRAYERSTORM

To advance the Christian faith in particular (but not limited to) by the provision of Christian literature and other Christian materials, the development of Christian education in schools, universities and colleges and the provision of training on prayer to churches, other religious and secular education organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY THE PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MATERIALS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND THE PROVISION OF TRAINING ON PRAYER TO CHURCHES, OTHER RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR EDUCATION ORGANISATIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £418,378 for the year, with total income rising to £1,342,498. However, the trustees report that free reserves of £271,551 are below the stated policy targets of £297,293 for orderly wind-up and £862,691 for operational stability. The charity maintains sufficient cash to meet short-term liabilities and has no material uncertainties regarding its 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 audited by Mckellens Chartered Accountants. 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 handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Samuel Maroa
• Jonathan Mark Holt
• PAUL BOOTH · trustee of 2 other charities
• REBECCA REVELEY
• Rev Paul Alan Lloyd

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRAYER GARDEN CHURCH.

• PRAYER GARDEN CHURCH income £121k
• 24-7 PRAYER income £5.3m
• THE PRAYER FOUNDATION income £6k
• NEWSPRING CHURCH income £92k
• A CHURCH income £53k
• INTERNATIONAL PRAISE CENTRE income £762k

Side by side with its peers

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