International Gospel Outreach

Analysis

International Gospel Outreach is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, International Gospel Outreach reported income of £143k and spending of £173k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £121k to £143k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, International Gospel Outreach sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bethany Children's Trust (£143k), Oya Organisation of Young Africans (£143k) and Eternity Downham Market (£143k).

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.