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)

We are a church organisation who seek to fulfil our objectives through extensive relevant programs both in the UK and overseas. Our expanding operations are mainly conducted through National Departments, approximately 500 churches in the UK and in 58 countries overseas

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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.

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

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. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (13,650 likes) · instagram (4,166 followers)

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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?

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. 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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation05/12/2024£20kCarry on and expand Welcome Warm Space scheme throughout winter
Somerset Community Foundation19/11/2024£3kProject costs for shower facilities and counselling costs for homeless people in Mendip
Somerset Community Foundation14/11/2024£400Providing a Christmas meal and connection to other people for those isolated in the Wells community
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2024£20kKH Elim Youth
Sheffield City Council23/05/2024£2kLunch Club Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund28/11/2023£10kCity Church Baby and Toddlers Clothes Bank
Somerset Community Foundation27/11/2023£1kIncreased drop-in sessions for the homeless, isolated, those suffering with poor mental health and poverty in the Wells area
Somerset Community Foundation23/11/2023£400Providing a Christmas meal and social connection for those isolated people
Somerset Community Foundation04/10/2023£2kRunning car maintenance workshops to combat antisocial behaviour
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2023£10kKings Heath Elim Youth
Birmingham City Council18/08/2022£3kEmergency Foodbank Project
Greater London Authority15/07/2022£15kPainting in the Park – Waymakers Kids
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kKings Heath Elim Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2021£10kCOVID - 19 All Your Mind
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2021£10kCity Church Baby and Toddlers Clothes Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2021£10kYouth Connection and Mentoring part 2
Somerset Community Foundation26/10/2020£4kCOVID19 Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Housing First tenants
Birmingham City Council24/10/2020£3kSnr Citizen Holiday 2020
Somerset Community Foundation20/10/2020£10kSmall grants to purchase white goods, carpets etc. to help homeless people move into independent living
UK government29/09/2020£69kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Community Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2020£10kCity Church Baby Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2020£10kYouth Space
The National Lottery Community Fund13/03/2020£10kHope House Project
Birmingham City Council01/01/2020£729Healthy Lifestyle

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PBCC Properties UK1£112k
WELLING EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOURSQUARE CHURCH ( GREAT BRITAIN ).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE£83.9m——within—no doubt
FOURSQUARE CHURCH ( GREAT BRITAIN ) FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GLOBE CHURCH FY2025£546k—0above—no doubt
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD FY2025£203k£41,6880unclear—no doubt
CHESTERFIELD GOSPEL HALL TRUST FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, TRUE VINE CENTRE FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt

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