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IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST)

Registered charity 1184325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Christian faith and teachings written in the Holy Scriptures through activities in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & other areas. This includes worship services, prayer meetings, visitation of brethren, propagation of the Gospel through Bible studies & distribution of religious literature, as well as relieving financial need worldwide to victims of natural disasters.

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

Latest income
£7.2m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £2,812,862 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total reserves amounting to £25,458,685. The trustees maintain that unrestricted funds should be kept at a level equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, a policy they confirm has been successfully maintained. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months expenditures (held: £25.5m)
“The policy of the CIO remains that unrestricted funds not designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditures.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants paid to related organisations
“During the year, grants amounting to £1,150,085 (2023: £2,240,176) were made to other Iglesia Ni Cristo organisations.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Albury Associates Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold); recorded price paid £735k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£7.2m
Total spending
£4.4m
Reserves (reported)
£6.0m
Employees
70

Reported reserves equal ~16.3 months of spending — in the top 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£7.2m£4.4m
31/12/2023£5.9m£5.9m
31/12/2022£5.9m£5.7m
31/12/2021£6.1m£4.1m
31/12/2020£10.0m£8.5m

Common questions

Is IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £2,812,862 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total reserves amounting to £25,458,685. The trustees maintain that unrestricted funds should be kept at a level equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, a policy they confirm has been successfully maintained. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Albury Associates Limited.

Who funds IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) as a grant recipient include IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST).

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST)FY2022£3.0mGrants to related charities / other organisations

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
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED1£124k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION1£14k
REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET1£9k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£5k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE C3 CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST)£7.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE C3 CHURCH FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN UK FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
REGIONS BEYOND UK FY2024£353k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HIGHTOWER CHURCH FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH (METHODIST / CHURCH OF ENGLAND ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP) CLEVEDON FY2024£206k—0unclear—no doubt

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