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The Protestant Alliance

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 237987BedfordReligion
Income£56k2025-03-31
Spending£74ksame year
Spent / received168%5-year average
Size in its cause50th pctReligion
Registered1967Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Protestant Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Protestant Alliance reported income of £56k and spending of £74k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £64k to £56k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Protestant Alliance sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include On Fire Mission (£56k), The Holy Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement (Ife-Oluwa) UK (£56k) and Grace Chapel London Trust (£56k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£26k£52k£78k£104k2021 Income: £63,6222021 Spending: £104,39320212022 Income: £25,6502022 Spending: £89,32220222023 Income: £33,3422023 Spending: £77,22220232024 Income: £75,8242024 Spending: £81,35520242025 Income: £55,8042025 Spending: £74,0122025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Maintaining against all encroachment the Scriptural Doctrines of the Reformation and principles of religious liberty. Advancing the Christian religion and where possible relieving poverty among persecuted Protestants. Producing a bi-monthly magazine. Holding Protestant Martyr Commemoration Meetings, having a presence at County and Agricultural shows, and maintaining a preaching ministry.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
On Fire MissionWest Yorkshire£56k
The Holy Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement (Ife-Oluwa) UKLondon£56k
Grace Chapel London TrustLondon£56k
Iford United Reformed Church (Trust Funds and Property Held in Connexion Therewith)New Milton£56k