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The Edge Ministries

Registered charity 225483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Edge Ministries, GOOD NEWS CRUSADE

Latest income
£318k
Latest spending
£356k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £37,977 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by declining donations and an exceptional write-off of a legacy credit card balance. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,826,076, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet commitments and continue operations on a going concern basis.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of salaries and overheads (held: £1.8m)
“The trustees policy is to aim to retain sufficient cash and liquid assets to meet commitments in case the charitable company ceases to operate. Wherever possible we would consider this to be 2 months salaries and overheads.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document discloses a historic credit card balance of £15,122 identified as irrecoverable due to weaknesses in historic financial controls and unsupported transactions, which was written off. This represents a disclosed internal control failure.
“The finance team and trustees identified weaknesses in historic financial controls whereby transactions on the card were unsupported by adequate documentation and could not be correctly attributed to charitable activity and categorised.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Edge Ministries (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£342k
Reserves (reported)
£21k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£318k£356k
31/03/2024£1.9m£342k
31/03/2023£275k£258k
31/03/2022£191k£201k
31/03/2021£147k£143k

Common questions

Is The Edge Ministries financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £37,977 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by declining donations and an exceptional write-off of a legacy credit card balance. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,826,076, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet commitments and continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Edge Ministries?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Edge Ministries as a grant recipient include DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST, NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£17k
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£11k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUSTFY2025£2k
NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON)FY2023£240

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION1£210k
ALL NATIONS1£144k
COVENANT LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER1£10k
CITY CHURCH COVENTRY1£4k
LIFEPOINT CHURCH1£1k

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