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Eastern Region Ministry Course

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1090989CambridgeReligion
Income£655k2025-07-31
Spending£580ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctReligion
Registered2002Charitable company
Employees36latest return

Analysis

Eastern Region Ministry Course is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04258802). It says it provides human resources, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Eastern Region Ministry Course reported income of £655k and spending of £580k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £502k to £655k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Eastern Region Ministry Course 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Barnsbury Team Ministry (£654k), The Peace Movement (£655k) and Coleg Y Bedyddwyr Caerdydd / Cardiff Baptist College (£654k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £490k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.

Income and spending

£0£164k£327k£491k£655k2021 Income: £502,1232021 Spending: £403,41120212022 Income: £524,3952022 Spending: £472,17720222023 Income: £534,2062023 Spending: £565,34220232024 Income: £607,1452024 Spending: £554,67120242025 Income: £654,9972025 Spending: £580,3592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.1%
  • Charitable activities 94%
  • Investments 1.5%
  • Other 4.1%

In the charity's own words

ERMC trains men and women for the ministry of the Churches of a region which includes the Anglican Dioceses of Ely, St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Norwich and Peterborough, Chelmsford and the Diocese of St Albans. We serve the Methodist and United Reformed Churches in the same region and also the Anglican Diocese of Europe.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Barnsbury Team MinistryLondon£654k
The Peace MovementGrays£655k
Coleg Y Bedyddwyr Caerdydd / Cardiff Baptist CollegeCardiff£654k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with Christ Church, WansteadLondon£656k