European Missionary Fellowship

Analysis

European Missionary Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03631207). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, European Missionary Fellowship reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £942k to £1.3m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, European Missionary Fellowship sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gaia House Trust (£1.3m), The Apostolic Faith Mission UK Ltd (£1.3m) and Soas Students' Union (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £155k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £568k. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.