World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Analysis

World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland reported income of £369k and spending of £354k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £309k to £369k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, World Day of Prayer National Committee for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 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 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Monmouthshire Ministry Area (£360k), Andrew Anderson Trust (£372k) and The Gujarati Association, Wolverhampton (£342k).