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WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION

Registered charity 296073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Alliance for Communication Justice, W A C C

The Association promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that define's people's common humanity ,strengthens cultures,enables participation ,creates community & challenges tyranny & oppression. It works through advocacy,education,training and the creation & sharing of knowledge.Its worldwide membership works with faithbased & secular partners

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group ended 2025 with Net Assets of £296,529, a decrease of 23.4% from the previous year, driven by an operating loss of £90,709. The Charity itself reported Net Liabilities of £4,947, attributed to a temporary shortfall in operating funds which the trustees expect to correct in 2026. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: World Association for Christian Communication Canada
“The charity is the sole member of World Association for Christian Communication Canada ("WACC Canada") and therefore controls WACC Canada, a charity registered in Canada.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

What the charity says about itself (2018/19)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states that print advertising revenues declined by 69% over a decade.
“print advertising revenues, which used to carry much of the cost of producing news, have fallen even faster, declining in a decade by 69%.”
The report cites a drop in the number of full-time frontline journalists from 23,000 to 17,000.
“the number of full-time frontline journalists in the UK industry has dropped from an estimated 23,000 in 2007, to 17,000 today”
The report notes that 74% of UK adults used online methods to find news weekly in 2018.
“In 2018, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reported that 74% of UK adults used some online method each week to find news”
The report highlights that national daily newspaper circulation halved between 2008 and 2018.
“national papers from 11.5m daily copies in 2008 to 5.8m in 2018”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£230k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Canada · Central African Republic · Colombia · Costa Rica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · Egypt · Georgia · Guatemala · Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/12/2023£1.1m£1.3m
31/12/2022£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2021£1.2m£1.3m

Common questions

Is WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group ended 2025 with Net Assets of £296,529, a decrease of 23.4% from the previous year, driven by an operating loss of £90,709. The Charity itself reported Net Liabilities of £4,947, attributed to a temporary shortfall in operating funds which the trustees expect to correct in 2026. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON1£14k
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH1£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS WOODSIDE PARK1£8k
CHAPEL OF LIFE1£8k
THE GOSHEN TRUST1£6k
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHANGE COMMUNICATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
CHANGE COMMUNICATION FY2025£266kOver £60,0001above—no doubt
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions FY2025£252k—0above—no doubt
WEC INTERNATIONAL FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS FY2025£156kUnder £60,0000within—no doubt
EVANGELICAL MISSION ASSOCIATION FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt

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