THE RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL DIVINE CHURCH (PALACE OF TESTIMONY)

Registered charity 1178333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIVINE RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH (PLACE OF TESTIMONY)

Advancement of christian religion Community outreach events. Provision of welfare support to members. Provision of support to other charities. Conferences and Events.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEF AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LONDON BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£51k
Latest spending
£46k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £5,239 for the year ended 31st May 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £78,825. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of three months of annual expenditure, though the specific free reserves figure is not explicitly broken out in the provided text. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of annual expenditure
“The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets ('the free reserves') held by the church should be 3 months of annual expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 28/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 28/05/2025 (received 30/03/2026, 2 days after the 28/03/2026 due date); year ending 28/05/2024 (received 01/04/2025, 4 days after the 28/03/2025 due date); year ending 28/05/2023 (received 25/05/2024, 58 days after the 28/03/2024 due date); year ending 28/05/2022 (received 27/05/2023, 60 days after the 28/03/2023 due date); year ending 28/05/2021 (received 31/03/2022, 3 days after the 28/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/05/2025£51k£46k
28/05/2024£49k£35k
28/05/2023£68k£35k
28/05/2022£47k£33k
28/05/2021£20k£31k

Common questions

Is THE RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL DIVINE CHURCH (PALACE OF TESTIMONY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £5,239 for the year ended 31st May 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £78,825. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of three months of annual expenditure, though the specific free reserves figure is not explicitly broken out in the provided text. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION1£24k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL DIVINE CHURCH (PALACE OF TESTIMONY)£51k—0unclear—no doubt
RESTORATION CHURCH FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, WINNERS' PAVILION FY2025£39k——unclear—no doubt
RESTORATION WORLD REVIVAL CHURCH FY2025£61k——below—no doubt
REDEMPTION CHURCH LONDON FY2025£139k—0above—no doubt
THE LORD'S PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL (UK) FY2025£26k——above—no doubt

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