THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH)

Registered charity 251211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MORAVIAN CHURCH, TSFG · filing overdue (register status)

EDUCATION & TRAININGOVERSEAS AID / FAMINE RELIEFACCOMODATION / HOUSINGRELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.5m
Latest spending
£8.2m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the group recorded a net increase in funds of £351,760 for the year ended 31 August 2024, with total income increasing to £8,506,534. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains strong with total net assets of £31,822,451, comprising significant investment and property portfolios. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient to ensure the charity continues as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Between £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“Between £100,001 - £110,000” — page 25
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.4m; policy: one year's total expenditure)
“At the current year-end, unrestricted reserves (excluding those earmarked for designated purposes) amounted to £1,417,797 and this represented approximately 37% of annual expenditure, excluding School’s expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Outstanding debt from Mrs E.M. Bates Trust
“At 31 August 2024, the following balances were outstanding: Due from Mrs E.M. Bates Trust £76,204”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £3.0m
“The most recent actuarial valuation of the pension liability was completed on 21 May 2025 and calculated the liability to be £3,014,504 as at 31 August 2024” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The British Province Of The Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income
£8.5m
Total spending
£8.2m
Cost of raising funds
£922k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
113

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025——
31/08/2024£8.5m£8.2m
31/08/2023£8.0m£7.6m
31/08/2022£7.0m£7.5m
31/08/2021£10.1m£11.6m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the group recorded a net increase in funds of £351,760 for the year ended 31 August 2024, with total income increasing to £8,506,534. Per the trustees' report, the financial position remains strong with total net assets of £31,822,451, comprising significant investment and property portfolios. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient to ensure the charity continues as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH) earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Between £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Who funds THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH) as a grant recipient include THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£90k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/12/2023£82k"Creating a vision for sustaining the historic Thermopylae at Kilwarlin"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2020£9k"COVID19: Kilwarlin Moravian Church"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/03/2018£73k""Recovering Zula's Hollow": The Ancient Battlefield terrain as a Garden at Kilwarlin Moravian Church"
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2015£10kKilwarlin Moravian - Feasibility Study and Repairs to Hall
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/07/2002£21k"Moravian Church Congregational Archive"

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (EASTERN PROVINCE) TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM (MORAVIAN CHURCH)£8.5mBetween £100,001 - £110,000—below—no doubt
THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (EASTERN PROVINCE) TRUST FY2025£3.9m—0unclear—no doubt
MRS EM BATES TRUST FY2025£409k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS FY2024£22.2m—0unclear—no doubt
MALAYALAM GOSPEL CHURCH FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
AHMADIYYA MUSLIM ASSOCIATION UNITED KINGDOM FY2025£41.5m—7unclear—no doubt

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