The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust

Analysis

The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust reported income of £167k and spending of £166k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £67k to £167k (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Evangelical Christian Leadership in Southern Africa Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fullword Church (For the Nations) (£166k), The Sun Babies' Nursery (£167k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Horfield, Bristol (£166k).