Biblica Europe Ministries Trust

Analysis

Biblica Europe Ministries Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belfast. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00753259). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Biblica Europe Ministries Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.3m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Biblica Europe Ministries Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Abingdon (£1.3m), Bristol and South Gloucestershire Circuit of the Methodist Church (£1.3m) and The World Community for Christian Meditation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51% and donations and legacies 48%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £358k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 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.