WEC INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 237005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIENTOT, NEIGHBOURS WORLDWIDE, RADIO WORLDWIDE, SOON, WEC, WELLSPRING MEDIA

Advancement of the Christian faith by means of evangelism and social action leading to the establishment of church communities which will do the same. WEC works worldwide, and particularly in places where no Christian Churches already exist.

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Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward are £17,923,879, comprising £17,045,397 in unrestricted funds and £878,482 in restricted funds. Although the charity reported a net expenditure of £872,905 for the year, the trustees confirm that the fund balances remain strong and sufficient assets exist to fulfill obligations. The trustees anticipate that future investment income will be more than sufficient to meet annual running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no reserve target; investment income sufficient for current expenditure (held: £17.0m)

“This will be reflected in our Reserves Policy, which states that we anticipate that our investment income will be sufficient to meet current expenditure, and we therefore do not need to set other funds aside as a reserve.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WEC International (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£17.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~129.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY SIMPSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ANDREW LEONARD BERRY · trustee of 3 other charities
Andrew Paul Cousins · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID MEADER · trustee of 1 other charity
David Ian Hutchinson · trustee of 2 other charities
ELIZABETH ANNE FRANCIS
HENRIETTA LOUISE COZENS · trustee of 1 other charity
June Anne Whittacker
NEIL WARDROPE · trustee of 3 other charities
Patrice Jean-Marie Amboule · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Albania · Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Canada · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Czech Republic · Equatorial Guinea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.1m	£1.6m
31/03/2024	£857k	£1.7m
31/03/2023	£1.0m	£1.3m
31/03/2022	£1.8m	£2.5m
31/03/2021	£2.7m	£2.2m

Common questions

Is WEC INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds carried forward are £17,923,879, comprising £17,045,397 in unrestricted funds and £878,482 in restricted funds. Although the charity reported a net expenditure of £872,905 for the year, the trustees confirm that the fund balances remain strong and sufficient assets exist to fulfill obligations. The trustees anticipate that future investment income will be more than sufficient to meet annual running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited.

Who funds WEC INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEC INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2025	£3k	Missionary organisation sharing faith through radio
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2023	£3k	Missionary organisation sharing faith through radio
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2024	£3k	Missionary organisation sharing faith through radio/media
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2022	£2k	Missionary organisation sharing faith through radio

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
FOREST OF DEAN COMMUNITY CHURCH	1	£275k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£124k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£14k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOUGHTON ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP.

WOUGHTON ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP income £174k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CENTRE WOLVERHAMPTON income £502k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY income £141k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ROYAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE WALSALL income £144k
CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH income £320k
WESTERN COUNTIES & SOUTH WALES EVANGELISATION TRUST income £755k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEC INTERNATIONAL	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
WOUGHTON ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP FY2024	£174k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, JUBILEE CHRISTIAN CENTRE WOLVERHAMPTON FY2025	£502k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY FY2024	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ROYAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE WALSALL FY2024	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARSHALTON BEECHES BAPTIST FREE CHURCH FY2025	£320k	—	above	—	no doubt

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