Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer

Registered charity 1173708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WALL, THE WALL OF ANSWERED PRAYER

The objects of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer are to advance the Christian religion, by building a national landmark and visitor centre in the UK to promote, raise awareness and increase understanding of the Christian faith, and by relief of those who are in need by reason of their youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

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Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £274,600 (Charity only) or £274,600 (Group), with total net assets of £5,475,640. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£39k
Reserves (reported)
£17k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.5m£1.6m
31/12/2023£2.6m£2.4m
31/12/2022£1.6m£619k
31/12/2021£3.0m£677k
31/12/2020£441k£483k

Common questions

Is Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £274,600 (Charity only) or £274,600 (Group), with total net assets of £5,475,640. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

Who funds Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer as a grant recipient include IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITED, THE JERUSALEM TRUST, THE GRANT FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RUDDINGTON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITEDFY2025£7.3mGrants paid to Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer (trustees Paul Manwaring & Gary Spicer)
IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITEDFY2024£2.6mGrants paid to Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer
IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITEDFY2022£1.1mBuilding a national Christian monument/visitor centre
IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITEDFY2021£600kGrant for the Eternal Wall monument project
THE JERUSALEM TRUSTFY2025£500kEvangelism and Christian Mission in the UK
IMAGINE THE DAY LIMITEDFY2023£491kPrayer
THE JERUSALEM TRUSTFY2022£100kEvangelism and Christian Mission in the UK
THE GRANT FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kChristian Symbol Monument
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RUDDINGTONFY2022£960Building an arch composed of 1 million bricks with answers to prayer.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ETERNAL GLORIOUS FOUNTAIN MINISTRY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer£3.5m—0unclear—no doubt
ETERNAL GLORIOUS FOUNTAIN MINISTRY FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
WALL HEATH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH FY2025£333k—0unclear—no doubt
Without Walls FY2025£128k—0below—not going concern
THE HIGHTOWER CHURCH FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND FY2025£369k—0unclear—no doubt

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