Equipping Pastors Worldwide Ltd
Analysis
Equipping Pastors Worldwide Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon,. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05741613). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Equipping Pastors Worldwide Ltd reported income of £377k and spending of £406k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £201k to £377k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.
Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Equipping Pastors Worldwide Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Andrew Anderson Trust (£372k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John's Hartley Wintney (£378k) and World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (£369k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
EPW provides reformed Christian literature and training for individual pastors and bible teachers in the majority world who lack resources and/or who have had little formal theological training. The charity also augments seminary libraries. We operate mainly in Africa and Asia but also work in Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Anderson Trust | Bristol | £372k |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John's Hartley Wintney | Hampshire | £378k |
| World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland | Tunbridge Wells | £369k |
| Enfield Methodist Circuit | London | £381k |