WORLDSHARE

Registered charity 803575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN NATIONALS EVANGELISM COMMISSION

In the world's neediest places, WorldShare partners with local Christians in their vision to bring about social and spiritual transformation to their communities. With a focus on evangelism, WorldShare funds and supports the provision of education, healthcare, building communities, tackling justice and disaster relief.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£572k

Latest spending

£564k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £571,076, with unrestricted general reserves held at £96,546. The trustees report that free reserves of £59,000 are slightly below the stated policy target of £60,000 (three months' operational costs), but confirm that resources are sufficient to continue operations without doubt.

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 (held: £97k; policy: three months of operational costs (£60,000))

“The current level of unrestricted general reserves held is £96K, with free reserves available at £59K, which is slightly below the level set by the Trustees.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WorldShare (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£572k

Total spending

£564k

Cost of raising funds

£81k

Reserves (reported)

£96k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Neil John Brightonchair
Daniel Ukiomogbe
Linda Davis
Mussarat Javaid Iqbal · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Anthony Summerside
Zoe Dean

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

Operates in: Albania · Burma · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · Guatemala · Haiti · India · Macedonia · Moldova · Nepal · South Africa · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£572k	£564k
31/12/2024	£522k	£503k
31/12/2023	£528k	£585k
31/12/2022	£701k	£642k
31/12/2021	£522k	£519k

Common questions

Is WORLDSHARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £571,076, with unrestricted general reserves held at £96,546. The trustees report that free reserves of £59,000 are slightly below the stated policy target of £60,000 (three months' operational costs), but confirm that resources are sufficient to continue operations without doubt. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WORLDSHARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORLDSHARE as a grant recipient include THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DEO GLORIA TRUST, SEEDFIELD TRUST, THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2024	£5k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2022	£5k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2023	£4k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k	Part time staff to support work with vulnerable children & young people
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2021	£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Foundation Grants
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	—

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BROOKSIDE TRUST	1	£60k
RADSTOCK TRUST CIO	1	£10k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST	1	£2k
THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

SHAREAFRICA income £599k
SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE income £131k
SHARE JESUS income £133k
SHARING WONDERS income £1.1m
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK income £307k
SHARED SPACE income £151k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WORLDSHARE	£572k	—	below	—	no doubt
SHAREAFRICA FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHARE JESUS FY2024	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHARING WONDERS FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK FY2025	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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