The Emissaries Limited

Analysis

The Emissaries Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanage. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01353661). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Emissaries Limited reported income of £14k and spending of £7,913, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £14k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Emissaries Limited sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sure Foundation (£14k), Devotion Church (£14k) and The Friends of St Nicolas Church, Shoreham by Sea (£14k).