The Luis Palau Evangelistic Team

Analysis

The Luis Palau Evangelistic Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Harborough. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01648879). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Luis Palau Evangelistic Team reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £868k to £1.1m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Luis Palau Evangelistic Team sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, Coventry (£1.0m), Fountains of Knowledge (£1.1m) and Youth Ministry Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51% and donations and legacies 47%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £9,500. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £236k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.