FELLOWSHIP AND AID TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE EAST

Registered charity 1178592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FACE

FACE supports Eastern Christians, in particular those who suffer discrimination or persecution in the Middle East, through locally organised projects that enable them: to remain in their homelands; to maintain their homes, schools, churches & hospitals; to create employment opportunities; to promote interreligious dialogue; and to be mediators and peacemakers in their multi-faith communities.

Objects

(1) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS TO PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE HORN OF AFRICA AND INDIA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE HORN OF AFRICA AND INDIA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO PLACES OF LEARNING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO THOSE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES;(3) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE HORN OF AFRICA AND INDIA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE EASTERN CHURCHES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN PLACES WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE SUFFERING FROM PERSECUTION, OPPRESSION OR DISCRIMINATION.(4) TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND RESPECT BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE HORN OF AFRICA AND INDIA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES, BY FACILITATING ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS; AND(5) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES WHICH PROMOTE A GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES, AND WHICH STRENGTHEN PASTORAL BONDS BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CHRISTIANS.?

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

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,831 for the year, with total income rising to £123,304. Closing reserves stood at £227,278, comprising £159,825 in unrestricted funds, which exceeds the trustees' stated target of £120,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FACE Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Sayer MA, FCA
• Dr Robert Philip Pelham Gibbons · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Adam Fox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Lupton MBBS, MA

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Cyprus · Egypt · Eritrea · Estonia · Ethiopia · France · Germany · Greece · India · Iraq · Israel

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNDATION FOR RELIEF AND RECONCILIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

• FOUNDATION FOR RELIEF AND RECONCILIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST income £627k
• MIDDLE EAST CONCERN - UK income £546k
• FACE EQUALITY INTERNATIONAL income £469k
• FRIENDS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA income £35k
• NORTH EAST CHURCHES ACTING TOGETHER income £29k
• MIDDLE EAST REFORMED FELLOWSHIP (ENGLAND) income £276k

Side by side with its peers

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