THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION SOCIETY

Registered charity 221328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAMS, SAMS (GB), SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Evangelistic mission through: People in Mission,supporting people in cross-cultural mission. Mission Grants,support for key projects and ministries. Leadership Formation,Investing in Christian leaders of the future.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£622k
Latest spending
£870k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

none

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£622k
Total spending
£870k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~15.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Ecuador · Guatemala · Honduras · Paraguay · Peru

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£622k£870k
31/01/2024£1.8m£866k
31/01/2023£624k£754k
31/01/2022£740k£571k
31/01/2021£759k£617k

Common questions

Is THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: none Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGS.

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 JOHN, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2022£7k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY APOSTLES, CHARLTON KINGSFY2023£500Mission Fund (via SAM) for Esperanza Foster Home (Paraguay)

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION SOCIETY£622k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY FY2025£8.3m—3unclear11.8%no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF ST COLUMBAN FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS FY2025£4.9m—0unclear—no doubt
REACH SOUTH FY2025£126k—0above—no doubt
THE GREAT MISSION FY2025£534k—0unclear—no doubt
EVANGELICAL MISSION ASSOCIATION FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt

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