ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE

Registered charity 251549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELIM, ELIM CHRISTIAN CENTRE, ELIM CHURCH, ELIM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH · also registered in Scotland as SC037754 (OSCR)

Latest income
£83.9m
Latest spending
£74.2m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 6.2% to £83.9m, with voluntary income rising to £57.8m and ancillary program income reaching £24.4m. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £11.6m, resulting in general free reserves of £32.2m, which falls within the stated policy target range of £18m to £36m. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £18m to £36m (held: £32.2m)
our immediate target for free reserves will be a range of £18m to £36m — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received remuneration for ministerial/executive roles, not as trustees.
No salary is paid for holding position as a member of the NLT and therefore ex officio as a trustee of the Alliance. Since qualification for appointment requires that candidates must be credentialed ministers and serving in full time roles, all the individuals will be in receipt of payment of remuneration solely related to that function and not as trustees.
Included in the disbursement of expenses above are payments to 13 trustees (2024: 14 trustees). No other payment was made during the year to persons related to a trustee other than those due under contract of employment. In the period to September 2025 the number employed was 5 (2024: 6) with a total salary of £44,107 — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to related parties (trustee-connected individuals).
No salary is paid for holding position as a member of the NLT and therefore ex officio as a trustee of the Alliance. Since qualification for appointment requires that candidates must be credentialed ministers and serving in full time roles, all the individuals will be in receipt of payment of remuneration solely related to that function and not as trustees.
Included in the disbursement of expenses above are payments to 13 trustees (2024: 14 trustees). No other payment was made during the year to persons related to a trustee other than those due under contract of employment. In the period to September 2025 the number employed was 5 (2024: 6) with a total salary of £44,107 — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Elim Pentecostal Church (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£83.9m
Total spending
£74.2m
Cost of raising funds
£711k
Reserves (reported)
£32.1m
Employees
1,497

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Albania · Bangladesh · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Chad · Chile · China · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Egypt

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£83.9m£74.2m
30/09/2024£79.0m£76.1m
30/09/2023£78.9m£72.6m
30/09/2022£69.7m£69.1m
30/09/2021£64.6m£61.1m

Common questions

Is ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased by 6.2% to £83.9m, with voluntary income rising to £57.8m and ancillary program income reaching £24.4m. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £11.6m, resulting in general free reserves of £32.2m, which falls within the stated policy target range of £18m to £36m. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE as a grant recipient include THE VARDY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED1£41k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION1£10k

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