THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES

Registered charity 1168037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIEC

SUPPORT, ADVICE, AND RESOURCES TO AFFILIATED INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £209,724 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £2,147,867 to £1,938,143. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £583,000 are sufficient to cover the stated policy target of three months' general expenditure (£495,000). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from churches (66% of income)

“Affiliated church donations to unrestricted funds were £1,123k (£975k in 2024).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months' general expenditure (held: £583k)

“FIEC aims to maintain free reserves (Unrestricted Funds less unrestricted fixed assets, debtors and stock) at a level sufficient to cover three months’ general expenditure, in order to give FIEC time to respond to unexpected developments.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The trustees /directors of The Fellowship Property Trust are appointed by members of the charity. During the year ended 31 August 2025 FIEC charged rent to the Trust of £0 (2024 - £667) and various expenses (including staff salaries) of £24,111 (2024: £27,172).

“The trustees /directors of The Fellowship Property Trust are appointed by members of the charity. During the year ended 31 August 2025 FIEC charged rent to the Trust of £0 (2024 - £667) and various expenses (including staff salaries) of £24,111 (2024: £27,172). The Fellowship Property Trust held properties in Trust for FIEC member churches.” — page 33

“Members of Edward Connor Solicitors (ECS) are Trustees of FIEC from time to time. During the year ended 31 August 2025 the charity received rental income of £1,000 (2024: £0) and recharged various expenses (including staff salaries) of £19,244 (2024: £20,946). In addition, FIEC received legal advice from ECS and incurred other various costs of £13,842 (2024: £15,145).” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Members of Edward Connor Solicitors (ECS) are Trustees of FIEC from time to time. During the year ended 31 August 2025 the charity received rental income of £1,000 (2024: £0) and recharged various expenses (including staff salaries) of £19,244 (2024: £20,946). In addition, FIEC received legal advice from ECS and incurred other various costs of £13,842 (2024: £15,145).

“The trustees /directors of The Fellowship Property Trust are appointed by members of the charity. During the year ended 31 August 2025 FIEC charged rent to the Trust of £0 (2024 - £667) and various expenses (including staff salaries) of £24,111 (2024: £27,172). The Fellowship Property Trust held properties in Trust for FIEC member churches.” — page 33

“Members of Edward Connor Solicitors (ECS) are Trustees of FIEC from time to time. During the year ended 31 August 2025 the charity received rental income of £1,000 (2024: £0) and recharged various expenses (including staff salaries) of £19,244 (2024: £20,946). In addition, FIEC received legal advice from ECS and incurred other various costs of £13,842 (2024: £15,145).” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Caladine Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

John Stevens — National Director (source)
Elinor Magowan — Director for Women's Ministry (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £638k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.9m

Reserves (reported)

£583k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (31/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (13/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

IAN MACMICHAELchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Colin Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
Dafydd Cunningham · trustee of 2 other charities
Drew Waller · trustee of 1 other charity
Greig Alistair Rush Ferguson
Ian Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
MIKE KENDALL · trustee of 4 other charities
Mike Hitchings · trustee of 1 other charity
Ravi Srinivasan · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Jeremy Brooks
Rickey Raja · trustee of 2 other charities
Stephen Arthur Waud

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.7m	£1.9m
31/08/2024	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/08/2023	£2.2m	£2.6m
31/08/2022	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/08/2021	£1.7m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £209,724 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £2,147,867 to £1,938,143. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £583,000 are sufficient to cover the stated policy target of three months' general expenditure (£495,000). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Caladine Limited.

Who funds THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES as a grant recipient include WEST ROW BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WEST ROW BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2024	£2k	Donation to affiliated organisation

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
RNH SYNAGOGUE & COLLEGE LTD	1	£75k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITED	1	£67k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	1	£16k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH.

BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.5m
WALSALL INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £120k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
KOLLEL LEV EPHRAIM income £141k
BNJC income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FELLOWSHIP OF INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES	£1.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WALSALL INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2024	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KOLLEL LEV EPHRAIM FY2025	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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