PARTNERS IN SERVICE

Registered charity 327424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DBI PARTNERS UK

Our principal object is to help spread the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ worldwide. This is mainly done by promoting the aims and objects of Delhi Bible Institute, India and encouraging prayer and financial support for its work through the distribution of news and other resources and organising visits to the UK by DBI's National Director. Partners In Service is DBI's UK representative trust.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves are £688,667, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (£600,766). The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by null. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PHILIP ROBERTSON HAIRchair
• Alastair John Dunlop
• DOROTHY JOAN PAVEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Sally Ann Raheja
• Howard Kenward Allan Mason
• MIKE SMAILES
• REVEREND PREBENDARY IAN RICHARD LEWIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard James Henry
• STEPHEN JAMES DALLING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas William David Johnston · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: India · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST.

• THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £206k
• GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST income £393k
• INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £2.6m
• INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION income £40.6m
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Chelsea known as Chelsea Old Church income £684k
• PARR STREET EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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