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500K INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1195636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 500K

500k issues grants to empower local people to share God's love and bring about communitytransformation. This is primarily worked out through its support of field workers and the faith communitiesthat they establish and grow.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £224,249 at the end of 2024, which is slightly below its stated policy target of 3-6 months of budgeted expenditure. The charity reported total income of £1,304,932 and expenditure of £1,080,174, resulting in a net surplus for the year, with no debts held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (57% of income)
“£750,246 represented income from donations.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £224k; policy: 3-6 months of budgeted expenditure)
“These are slightly lower than the lower threshold for our target reserve of 3-6 months of budgeted expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£224k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2023£250£7
31/12/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is 500K INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £224,249 at the end of 2024, which is slightly below its stated policy target of 3-6 months of budgeted expenditure. The charity reported total income of £1,304,932 and expenditure of £1,080,174, resulting in a net surplus for the year, with no debts held. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 500K INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 500K INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WEST HARROW.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WEST HARROWFY2025£2kMissionary & Charitable Giving

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
RELEASE ERITREA1£379k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST BURSCOUGH BRIDGE1£63k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST1£43k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, CHILDWALL1£11k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE JERUSALEM TRUST1£9k
KAY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, RAWTENSTALL1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
500K INTERNATIONAL£1.3m—0below—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025£479k—0above—no doubt
FOCUS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025£126kup to £15,0000unclear—no doubt
WORD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK FY2024£233k—0unclear—no doubt
RELEASE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£3.7m£60,000 - £69,9991above—no doubt
GRACE TO GRACE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FY2025£330k—0unclear—no doubt

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