Synod of German-Speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain

Analysis

Synod of German-Speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Synod of German-Speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain reported income of £597k and spending of £610k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £452k to £597k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Synod of German-Speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masjid E Tauheedul Islam (£596k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Botolph-Without-Aldgate, London (£597k) and The Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches Trust Corporation Limited (£596k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 13% and investments 7.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.