SLAVIC GOSPEL ASSOCIATION (BRITISH SECTION) LIMITED

Registered charity 258253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to reach with the Gospel of Jesus Christ the 300 million Slavic people and others throughout the world, and to relieve need, in those parts of the world in which the Association operates. In practice this is accomplished by assisting the Church in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia to become fully equipped to fulfil the great commission of Jesus Christ.

Objects

TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO SLAVIC SPEAKING PEOPLES AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ANY MEANS THE ASSOCIATION THINKS PROPER.TO RELIEVE NEED, POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING, INCLUDING STARVATION, ILLNESS AND ANY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND AFFLICTION IN THOSE PARTS OF THE WORLD IN WHICH THE ASSOCIATION OPERATES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND FOREIGN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £187,532 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,372,340. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting between three and six months of expenditure, estimated at around £336,000, and the unrestricted general fund balance of £666,391 exceeds this target. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Todd & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Slavic Gospel Association Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Derek Maxwell — General Director (source)
• Mark Foster — Field 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bibel Mission — “SGA, with Bibel Mission, has financially supported the building of many Hope Centres.” (source page)
• Trans World Radio — “Several years ago, SGA partnered with TWR, funding the radio programme series, ‘Power in Persecution’.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian McCoubrey
• Dr Frank Andris Ievins
• John Knox
• Mr C Smith
• Paul James Kinnaird
• Raymond William Trainer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Robert West
• Timothy Smylie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Armenia · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Hungary · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Macedonia · Moldova · Mongolia · Poland · Romania · Russia

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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