TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED

Registered charity 233363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRANS-WORLD RADIO LIMITED, TWR (UK)

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Latest income

£870k

Latest spending

£678k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £245,317 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £406,384. This reserve level is described as being in line with the charity’s policy of maintaining at least £150,000, which equates to quarterly expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £150,000, which equates to quarterly expenditure (held: £406k)

“the Council of Members has decided to implement a policy of maintaining a reserve of at least £150,000, which equates to quarterly expenditure.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£870k

Total spending

£678k

Cost of raising funds

£24k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~19.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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

BRIAN MUIR
John Andrew Ormiston
MICHAEL ROBERT ELMS
PATRICIA WELLS
Racheal Caroline Dzumbira
Reeve Robert Barrington
Simon Christopher Burdett

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£870k	£678k
31/12/2024	£595k	£844k
31/12/2023	£649k	£835k
31/12/2022	£737k	£787k
31/12/2021	£713k	£688k

Common questions

Is TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £245,317 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £406,384. This reserve level is described as being in line with the charity’s policy of maintaining at least £150,000, which equates to quarterly expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED as a grant recipient include GREAT LAKES OUTREACH, THE GOSHEN TRUST, THE ALMOND TRUST, THE DEO GLORIA TRUST, THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH	FY2025	£58k
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH	FY2023	£21k	Charitable activities in Burundi
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE ALMOND TRUST	FY2025	£10k	To support ongoing work and specific projects
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Evangelism
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£3k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2022	£3k
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM	FY2025	£2k	Sharing the gospel globally through radio and digital media
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	FY2024	£500	02.10.23 Trans World Radio
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	FY2022	£500	General

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION	1	£263k
THE VARDY FOUNDATION	1	£196k
ALL NATIONS	1	£144k
THE PG & NJ BOULTON TRUST LIMITED	1	£82k
BETHEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (REFORMED) CARDIFF WEST	1	£48k
LIFEPOINT CHURCH	1	£34k
CITY CHURCH COVENTRY	1	£34k

Charities like this

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

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £479k
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (UK) income £1.7m
WCCF LTD income £967k
UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS LIMITED income £10.3m
CENTRE MINISTRIES income £1.8m
MINISTRIES WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL income £836k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRANS WORLD RADIO LIMITED	£870k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£479k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (UK) FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
WCCF LTD FY2025	£967k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
UNITED CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS LIMITED FY2024	£10.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE MINISTRIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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