The Edge Ministries
Registered charity 225483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Edge Ministries, GOOD NEWS CRUSADE
Edge Ministries exists to promote the Christian faith, and to preach the Gospel by starting Edge Centres and church communities in forgotten and deprived areas primarily across the UK. (Edge Ministries was formerly known as Good News Crusade).
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
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.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
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). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Edge Ministries (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (82% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alan Philip PRICE
- Anthony William Pearse
- Stephen Kenneth Martin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is The Edge Ministries financially healthy?
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. 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, SEEDFIELD TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.
Known funders
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