London Debre Semayat Medhanealem and St Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Analysis

London Debre Semayat Medhanealem and St Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2023, 3 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, London Debre Semayat Medhanealem and St Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church reported income of £324k and spending of £72k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2026, income grew from £119k to £324k (+173%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, London Debre Semayat Medhanealem and St Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evangelical Council for the Manchester Area Trust (£324k), Betleem Romanian Pentecostal Church (£324k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Pinner (£324k).