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
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
- Marty Davison — Elim International Missions Director (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.
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)
Cost of raising funds
£711k
Reserves (reported)
£32.1m
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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (19/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Rev Mark Pughchair
- Rev ANDREW PAUL HUDSON
- Rev Anita Marie Williams
- Rev Carl Philip Joshnston
- Rev DUNCAN JAMES CLARK
- Rev JAMES JEFFREY GLASS
- Rev John Mark Lacy
- Rev Kojo Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rev Malcolm James Duncan
- Rev Michelle Ann Nunn
- Rev Ross William McBride
- Rev STUART BLOUNT · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rev Sarah Jayne Whittleston
- Stephen John Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
- The Elim Trust Corporation · trustee of 1 other charity
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
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.
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