WORLDWIDE CRUSADES

Registered charity 275471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITTLESEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

To promote the gospel and teachings of Jesus Christ in any area of the world.

Objects

THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND IN PARTICULAR BY INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE ATTACHES TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST, IN SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fenland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated as a going concern with a surplus of £191 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report that free reserves of £74,123 represent approximately 11 months of net expenditure, which is slightly below their stated policy target of maintaining at least 12 months' regular expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The current account balance of £74123 (including non-identified savings) at 31 March 2025 represents about 11 months of net expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: A Business Meeting has not been held during the year.
“A Business Meeting has not been held during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/09/2024, 225 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/02/2023, 2 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 29/03/2022, 57 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34k£34k
31/03/2024£37k£40k
31/03/2023£30k£22k
31/03/2022£24k£35k
31/03/2021£36k£35k

Common questions

Is WORLDWIDE CRUSADES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated as a going concern with a surplus of £191 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report that free reserves of £74,123 represent approximately 11 months of net expenditure, which is slightly below their stated policy target of maintaining at least 12 months' regular expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORLDWIDE MISSION FELLOWSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORLDWIDE CRUSADES£34k—0below—no doubt
WORLDWIDE MISSION FELLOWSHIP FY2025£379k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLD OUTREACH FY2025£103k£22,5000unclear—no doubt
WORLD WIDE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF UK FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF THE POWER OF GOD FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CROSS TRUST FY2025£707k—0unclear—no doubt

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