Borderlands Mission Area

Analysis

Borderlands Mission Area is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckley. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Borderlands Mission Area reported income of £614k and spending of £633k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £618k to £614k (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Borderlands Mission Area 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Swiss Cottage, Hampstead (£614k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Louth (£615k) and Norwich Methodist Circuit (£612k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63%, trading 25%, charitable activities 8.9% and investments 3.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £55k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate.

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.