The Foreign Missionary Fund of the Christian Community of Brethren

Analysis

The Foreign Missionary Fund of the Christian Community of Brethren is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Foreign Missionary Fund of the Christian Community of Brethren reported income of £150k and spending of £242k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £117k to £150k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 290%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Foreign Missionary Fund of the Christian Community of Brethren sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifetimes Charity (£150k), Sandwell Churches Link (£150k) and The Feoffee Charity (£149k).

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.