MISSION CARE

Registered charity 284967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERMONDSEY AND BROOK LANE MEDICAL MISSION, BERMONDSEY MEDICAL MISSION, BROOK LANE MEDICAL MISSION, MISSION CARE INTERNATIONAL

Mission Care is a Christian charity that provides nurisng care and support to the elderly frail, older people with mental health needs and people with physical disabilities in South London and Kent. We also have a growing work partnering with other organisations to help them fund and manage capital projects, to date principally in East Africa.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£17.6m
Latest spending
£16.3m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1.29m and held consolidated reserves of £7.78m, though it notes the unincorporated entity is no longer a going concern due to an asset transfer. The Board Report highlights that financial resilience has grown over the last three years, supported by strong occupancy rates and fee increases, despite sector-wide funding pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“As a consequence of the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the charity to a charitable company on 30 May 2025, the charity is no longer considered to be a going concern. The note explains that the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 19
“During the year, the charity paid £16,450 (2024: £26,258) to Pilgrim Law Ltd. Mark Jones is a director and shareholder of Pilgrim Law Ltd.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Mission Care Trading Ltd
“This subsidiary company has been included in the consolidated financial statements and was in an operating deficit at the year end. The company continued its operation of running the charity shop Brix.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

CQC provider record: Mission Care — Deregistered, 7 registered locations, last inspected 16/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£17.6m
Total spending
£16.3m
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reserves (reported)
£7.8m
Employees
297

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£17.6m£16.3m
31/03/2024£15.4m£16.0m
31/03/2023£17.1m£15.9m
31/03/2022£14.6m£14.3m
31/03/2021£13.7m£13.6m

Common questions

Is MISSION CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1.29m and held consolidated reserves of £7.78m, though it notes the unincorporated entity is no longer a going concern due to an asset transfer. The Board Report highlights that financial resilience has grown over the last three years, supported by strong occupancy rates and fee increases, despite sector-wide funding pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON CITY MISSION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MISSION CARE£17.6m——unclear—noted
THE LONDON CITY MISSION FY2025£8.4m——unclear—no doubt
Medical Mission Network FY2023£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
MILEN CARE FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST FY2025£681k—0below—no doubt
JEWISH CARE FY2025£81.8m£220,001 - £230,000—above14.0%no doubt

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