Prayer for the Nations

Analysis

Prayer for the Nations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Prayer for the Nations reported income of £236k and spending of £21k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £92k to £236k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 381%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Prayer for the Nations sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Shirley (£236k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Swithun, East Grinstead. (£237k) and Bricknell Gospel Hall Trust (£236k).