Christadelphian Bible Mission

Analysis

Christadelphian Bible Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgend. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02796412). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Christadelphian Bible Mission reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.0m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Christadelphian Bible Mission sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mankind Welfare Trust (£921k), Trust for Sustainable Living (£1.1m) and Wateraid International (£915k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, investments 14% and charitable activities 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £172k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £186k. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.