The Union of Evangelical Churches

Analysis

The Union of Evangelical Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06691633). It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Union of Evangelical Churches reported income of £415k and spending of £482k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £725k to £415k (-43%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Union of Evangelical Churches sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Revival Fires (£415k), Bury St.edmunds Methodist Circuit (£416k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury (£415k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.