The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches

Analysis

The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Harborough. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.9m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.7m (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friars, Aylesford (£1.7m), The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester (£1.7m) and Danbury Mission Church (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, charitable activities 19% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £79k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6,300. Reserves of £583k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 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.