International Service Fellowship Trust

Analysis

International Service Fellowship Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02789773). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Service Fellowship Trust reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.7m (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Service Fellowship Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul CIO (£2.7m), Nuneaton & Bedworth Leisure Trust (£2.7m) and Green Light Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, investments 4.4% and charitable activities 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £359k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £59k. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.