NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD
Registered charity 250306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NTCG
New Testament Church of God (NTCG) is a Religious Organisation (Church/Charity/Company)The Church/Charities ActivitiesNTCG main objectives is directed towards the propagation of the Gospel according to the Acts and Teachings of the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S.A. (See Living the Vision Church of God 72nd General Assembly Minutes 2008).
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £516,112 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £12,487,395 and total expenditure of £11,971,283. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £51,360,431, which is in excess of the stated policy target of approximately £6 million (six months' operating expenditure).
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income)
“Donations provided approximately 83% (2023: 83%) of the total income.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months' operating expenditure (approximately £6 million) (held: £51.4m)
“It is the usual intention of the Directors that the Company should hold reserves in the form of cash to maintain sufficient free funds to equate to approximately six months' operating expenditure. The Directors have calculated the monthly operating expenditure to equate to an amount of approximately £1 million. This results in an expected reserves amount of approximately £6 million.” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Remuneration paid to 9 Trustees as Ministers of Religion: Bishop C Grandison (£111,185), Bishop M Cummins (£33,969), Bishop D A Webley (£82,789), Bishop R S King (£48,187), Bishop L Davis (£36,256), Bishop J Jackson (£49,846), Bishop J Haye (£42,950), Bishop D Allen (£33,469), plus one additional trustee not named in the table but included in the count of 9.
“Included within remuneration is £488,913 (2023: £665,136), excluding benefits in kind, paid to Trustees in respect of their services as 'Ministers of Religion' as permitted by the constitution of the charity and in common with many churches and similar religious bodies. There are no Trustees receiving remuneration for their role as a Trustee. The total number of Trustees paid in the year was 9 (2023: 14)” — page 32
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Bishop Claion Grandison — Administrative Bishop (source)
- Bishop Michael Bradley — National Executive Council (source)
- Bishop Lincoln Davis — National Executive Council (source)
- Bishop David Edwards — National Executive Council (source)
- Bishop Hubert Gardner — National Executive Council (source)
- Bishop Joel Haye — National Executive Council (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
138 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (126 freehold); recorded price paid £7.8m. 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)
Reserves (reported)
£14.3m
Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Rev CLAION GRANDISONchair
- Dr Grace-Bally Balogun
- Dr Sara Jayne Ofori
- Rev DEREK WEBLEY
- Rev David Edwards
- Rev Dennis Chacko
- Rev Donnovan Allen
- Rev Grace WALDER · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rev Ian Mark Lewinson
- Rev JOEL HAYE
- Rev JONATHAN JACKSON
- Rev Jacqueline Emanuel
- Rev Linford Davis
- Rev Mark Sturge
- Rev Michael Bradley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £516,112 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £12,487,395 and total expenditure of £11,971,283. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £51,360,431, which is in excess of the stated policy target of approximately £6 million (six months' operating expenditure). Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.
Who funds NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD as a grant recipient include YOUNG MANCHESTER.
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