TEARFUND
TEARFUND IS A CHRISTIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMITTED TO ERADICATING POVERTY. OUR VISION IS TO SEE PEOPLE FREED FROM POVERTY LIVING TRANSFORMED LIVES AND REACHING THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. OUR MISSION IS TO FOLLOW JESUS WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST RESPONDING TO CRISES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO BRING RESTORATION TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds increased to £29.8m, with unrestricted reserves rising to £13.4m. The trustees report that the general fund balance of £11.8m is above the target operating reserves range of £7.0m to £11.0m. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate financial resources to continue operating.
What the accounts disclose
“For 2025/26, the target range for operating reserves to cover these risks is set at between £7.0m and £11.0m.”
“Total donations from related parties in the year were £448,000 (2023/24: £371,000).” — page 96
UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)
- Seismic Cities
- Harnessing 'citizen science' to reinforce resilience to environmental disasters:creating an evidence base and community of practice
- Impact assessment based on self-reported attribution in complex contexts of rural livelihood transformations in Africa.
- The Listening Zones of NGOs: languages and cultural knowledge in development programmes
- Improved Community Resilience through Integrated Earthquake Science
- Mobile Power’s combined ‘battery-as-a-service’ and ‘vehicle-as-a-service’ business model pilot in rural Nigeria
Electoral Commission register entries
- Visit: The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP — £3k
- Visit: The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP — £2k
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
- EA to Operations Director, Head of Legal and the Head of Internal Audit — £37,160 per year
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/11/2025)
- Received assets from another charity (23/12/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (07/06/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (02/04/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (12/01/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (10/07/2023)
Trustees
- AKINYEMI OLUSESAN ODUSOLU
- ANNA LASZLO
- Alfred Weyers Biehler
- Andrew Fraser Mackie
- Bonike Bracewell
- Catherine Alison De Souza
- David Wesson
- Jayakumar Kuruvilla Christian
- Jean Paul Ndagijimana
- Jimmy Maniar Nadapdap
- STEPHANIE CLARE BIDEN
- Tracy Jane Cotterell
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £80.2m | £77.7m |
| 31/03/2024 | £82.6m | £82.7m |
| 31/03/2023 | £85.4m | £90.3m |
| 31/03/2022 | £79.5m | £76.9m |
| 31/03/2021 | £81.4m | £77.8m |
Common questions
Is TEARFUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £29.8m, with unrestricted reserves rising to £13.4m. The trustees report that the general fund balance of £11.8m is above the target operating reserves range of £7.0m to £11.0m. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate financial resources to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.
Who funds TEARFUND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TEARFUND as a grant recipient include THE JERUSALEM TRUST, UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation, START NETWORK, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WROUGHTON AND WICHELSTOWE, CHURCH CROOKHAM BAPTIST CHURCH.
Known funders
Charities like this
- THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS
- MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE
- THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY
- TOGETHER FOR CHANGE COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE
- THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEARFUND | £80.2m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS | £117k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST | £1.0m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE | £403k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, CITY OF VICTORY | £141k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| TOGETHER FOR CHANGE COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE | £712k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |