Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Analysis

Kenneth Copeland Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01722542). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kenneth Copeland Ministries reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.6m (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kenneth Copeland Ministries sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (£1.6m), Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin (£1.6m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great St Bartholomew (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%, investments 2.4% and trading 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £110k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £279k. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 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.