RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND

Registered charity 211454 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RMAF

To assist retired missionaries from the Christian Brethren Assemblies (Churches) who are in necessitous circumstances.

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Latest income

£381k

Latest spending

£470k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £960,488 to £853,262, a drop of approximately £107,000, while total income fell to £462,943 from £451,023 in the prior year. The trustees report that the reserve level is 1.9 times current expenditure, which is below their ideal policy target of two years' expenditure. Despite the decrease in reserves, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £853k; policy: two years' current expenditure)

“Reserves equivalent to two years' current expenditure is considered ideal, with the present reserve level being 1.9 times (2024 - 2.2 times) current expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Total income

£569k

Total spending

£477k

Cost of raising funds

£7k

Reserves (reported)

£939k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~23.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW JESSOP
Andrew Bartholomew Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
Brian Ambrose
David Henderson
Hannah Elizabeth Griffiths
Iain Jamieson · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN MITCHELL
PAUL PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
ROGER HERBERT · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Bennett
Wesley Stephen Downs

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£381k	£470k
30/06/2024	£437k	£459k
30/06/2023	£569k	£477k
30/06/2022	£455k	£497k
30/06/2021	£458k	£499k

Common questions

Is RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £960,488 to £853,262, a drop of approximately £107,000, while total income fell to £462,943 from £451,023 in the prior year. The trustees report that the reserve level is 1.9 times current expenditure, which is below their ideal policy target of two years' expenditure. Despite the decrease in reserves, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND as a grant recipient include STEWARDS COMPANY LTD, THE STUART HINE TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD	FY2025	£276k
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD	FY2024	£264k
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD	FY2023	£220k
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD	FY2022	£54k
THE STUART HINE TRUST CIO	FY2022	£32k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH income £162k
WHITEFIELD CHRISTIAN TRUST income £255k
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, TRUE VINE CENTRE income £147k
THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK income £184k
WORD OF LIFE MINISTRIES UK LIMITED income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RETIRED MISSIONARY AID FUND	£381k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE FY2025	£403k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THATCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£162k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
WHITEFIELD CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£255k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, TRUE VINE CENTRE FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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