The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church)

Analysis

The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) reported income of £7.7m and spending of £9.3m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £10.1m to £7.7m (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The British Province of the Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Students House (£7.5m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin-In-The-Fields, London (£8.1m) and Sos Children's Villages UK (£6.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, investments 21%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 1.7%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £254k. It employed 117 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.