Christ Embassy

Analysis

Christ Embassy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barking Essex. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Christ Embassy reported income of £9.2m and spending of £9.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7.8m to £9.2m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Christ Embassy sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London (£8.1m), Elrha (£11.1m) and The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) (£7.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. It employed 34 people.