Religious ministry `RL305`¶

Religious ministry is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Religion categoryand the Religious activities subcategory.

6,238 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 3.10% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities¶

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	1,464	1.77%
£10k - £100k	2,652	4.09%
£100k - £250k	971	5.02%
£250k - £500k	359	3.96%
£500k - £1m	156	2.71%
£1m - £10m	195	2.45%
Over £10m	31	1.67%
Total	5,828	3.04%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	5,157	3.05%
oscr	721	2.84%
ccni	360	5.06%
Total	6,238	3.10%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND [Charity number: 1140097] Promoting the mission and ministry of the Church of England especially by supporting poorer dioceses with ministry costs, providing funds to support mission activities, paying for bishops' ministry and some cathedral costs, administering the legal framework for pastoral reorganisation and closed church buildings, paying clergy pensions for service prior to 1998 and running the clergy payroll.	£148,127,625
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL [Charity number: 1074857] Enabling, supporting, sustaining & advancing of the Church's:-worship, spiritual & numerical growth-engagement with social justice & environmental issues-work in education, lifelong learning & discipleship-selection, training and resourcing of people for public ministry & lay vocations-inherited fabric of buildings, to maintain & develop these for worship & community service.	£128,092,018
The Church of Scotland [Charity number: SC011353] Objects: 1) to offer Christian worship, fellowship, instruction, mission and service. 2) to labour for the advancement of the Kingdom of God throughout the world. 3) to bring the ordinances of religion to the people in every parish of Scotland through a territorial ministry	£110,643,000
THE LONDON DIOCESAN FUND [Charity number: 241083] The principal activity of the London Diocesan Fund is to serve and support the parishes and people within the Diocese of London in their mission of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. It does this operationally through the payment and housing of parish clergy and chaplaincies and support to their ministry.	£47,800,000
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH TRUST [Charity number: 1133373] The provision of public worship in viable congregations through England, Wales and Scotland carried out through faithful ordained and lay ministry in our churches. Our main charitable activities are: ministry, education & learning, youth & children's work and mission. This latter includes: supporting local community service, and fostering ecumenical and interfaith relationships at all levels.	£34,087,000
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS BOARD [Charity number: 236627] Provides the best possible support and care, within available resources, to those who have retired from stipendiary and lay ministry within the Church of England, and to their dependants, through the provision of retirement and supported housing, and through discretionary grants to ensure beneficiaries have a minimum income standard.	£29,066,000
THE SOUTH LONDON CHURCH FUND AND SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE [Charity number: 249678] Resourcing the Ministry and Mission in every parish Managing the number of clergy in post against budget, and collecting Fairer Shares contributionsProviding clergy training, housing, stipends, pension supporting parish based ministryContributing to national church institutionsProviding education & social outreach fundingProviding Diocesan Retreat House	£29,011,000
The Presbyterian Church In Ireland [Charity number: NI104483] Comment on matters of public importance from a Biblical perspective, issue statements on church policy relevant to the public domain. Maintain relationships with local, regional and national government, make representations and respond to consultations on relevant issues. Develop relationships with other Church bodies, charities, secular organisations and civic society. Monitor inter-church bodies of which the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is a member. Provide nominations to education and other state bodies where the Church is a stakeholder. Select, train and develop full and part-time ministers, offer pastoral care to them and their families. Select, train and support deaconesses and oversee their deployment. Maintain and manage Union Theological College, a third-level institution and a recognised College of Queen’s University, Belfast. Provide a conciliation service for church members. Resource presbyteries and congregations in worship; discipleship, nurture & teaching, pastoral care, world mission; and evangelism, outreach and good relations in the community and workplace. Enable the development of ministry among: youth and children; women; young adults; families. Provide marriage and counselling services. Provide support for local congregations in finance, health & safety and personnel issues. Develop strategic priorities in all-age mission in Ireland. Enable new church development and church planting. Support chaplaincy services in the Forces, Healthcare, Prisons, Universities and Colleges. Undertake overseas mission, develop partnerships with overseas Churches, send personnel overseas. Promote world development issues and facilitate thinking on issues of global concern. Deliver a social witness service to the wider community in partnership with appropriate organisations. Undertake policy development and administration of the Taking Care programme for the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Support a ministry to those with hearing impairment.	£27,296,095
Down And Connor Diocesan Trust [Charity number: NI103983] The work of priests is teaching the faith, celebration of services and the pastoral care of all people the priest comes in contact with. The parishes reach out to the wider community, provide comfort, assistance and material help to the suffering and this is demonstrated by the role of the parish priest, parish committees, the family ministry and a number of organisations which the charity operates on a daily basis. The charity manages: Our Lady’s Home which provides 24 hour nursing care to the frail, elderly and mentally infirm as well as day care facilities and with 86 beds: Glenmona Resource Centre provides specialist residential care for children aged 10 to 17 years referred by Health and Social Services Trust under a voluntary arrangement or a care order. All the children have suffered or at risk of suffering significant harm and require specialist help to support and promote their development. Collections of money, food, clothes for the homeless in the UK and overseas, assisting disabled adults and children in their daily lives, visiting the sick and elderly in their homes and in hospital, visiting prisoners and asylum seekers, counselling the bereaved and those with relationship difficulties, visiting schools all form part of the daily works of the charity and the benefits deriving from those works is the building up of social capital, contributing to the common good of the wider community, strengthening relationships of other denominations and promoting ecumenical and cross-community links which are important for the continued realisation of peace in Northern Ireland. Missionaries quite frequently return from overseas to advise parishioners of the works they have been able to undertake as a consequence of fundraising in particular parishes. The charity contributed over £850K to Trocaire which is an all-Ireland charity which supports people in the developing world to improve their lives, meet their basic needs and ensure their human dignity	£24,914,000
THE CHELMSFORD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE [Charity number: 249505] 1. Mission & Ministry in the Parishes - paying clergy stipends incl pension contribs, providing & maintaining houses for clergy & training clergy & other parish officers.2. Education - providing support for head teachers & governors, facilitating capital expenditure on schools & sponsoring certain schools with Academy status.3.Contributions to NCIs4. Provision of the Diocesan Retreat House	£24,842,000

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
BETHEL APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES (WOLVERHAMPTON) [Charity number: 1147464] BAM is a Christian orientated organisation, providing biblical teachings and evangelistic work within the local community. Outreach work, to both the elderly and engaging young people and preparing them for adulthood, based on Christian principles. The work of the organisation is very multi-functional and provided to all members of the community regardless of race, culture, backgrounds.	£30,518
COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY WELFARE WORK [Charity number: 251809] CVWW works under the auspices of a Ministry of Defence Charter in coordinating the work of Christian member organisations which support the Armed Services.	£34,153
THE SHREWSBURY EVANGELICAL CHURCH [Charity number: 1071483] Regular activities - public worship each Sunday and prayer/Bible study meetings on weeknights. Quarterly church members' meetings for church business.Young peoples' activities - Care and instruction of pre-school children in creche..Finances - managed by the Treasurer..	£51,199
THE CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM [Charity number: 1100699] The Church advances the Christian faith through - the preaching of the Gospel, by the spiritualnourishment of new believers, by holding meetings for prayer and remembrance of the Lord, byseeking to raise up and support full time workers, by supporting works to spread the Gospel bothlocally and abroad and by regular and frequent fellowship with other churches throughout theearth.	£55,775
ST PATRICK'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY UK [Charity number: 269640] The principle object of the trust is to raise funds for the Missionary work of St. Patrick's Missionary Society Ireland in Africa, Brazil and West Indies.	£1,897,027
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEDNESFIELD TEAM MINISTRY [Charity number: 1137018] The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Wednesfield Team works with the team clergy and through the District Church Councils of the team to promote the worship, mission and ministry of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wednesfield, within the Diocese of Lichfield and Archdeaconry of Walsall.	£112,535
Collective [Charity number: NI101973] Collective is a non-denominational evangelical church based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A summary of how we benefit the public is provided below. Promotion of religion We benefit the public by giving them the opportunity to learn about, worship and serve God. We firmly believe that the New Testament model of Church is based around community, not buildings. Therefore, we are seeking to develop a vibrant community of Christians, that loves and serves the community around it. Education We believe that educating people is key to increasing their effectiveness as a person, family and community. This therefore benefits the public through providing training on a variety of subjects from theology to more practical matters like domestic finances. We provide training courses for Adults and Sunday School for Children. The relief of those in need We believe that the Bible gives a very clear message in relation to how those who find themselves in need should be helped. We want to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of people. We have established a partnership with the Friendship School in Cambodia, which will be a long term relationship. We also seek to work locally in relation to addressing poverty.	£61,882
ZION CITY TABERNACLE [Charity number: 1141055] Christian worship, Biblical studies, Evangelism, Children's Sunday School, Weddings, Funerals & Infant Dedication, Counselling & Guidance, Relieving Poverty, weekly Senior Citizens Day Centre, fortnightly Mental Health drop in, Monthly Carer's support, run a football team, other activities in line with our charitable activities	£96,944
THE PASTOR H L MATTHEWS MEMORIAL TRUST [Charity number: 288620] The H L Matthews charitable trust was set up to support financially a minister of religion for Colerne Evangelical Church.	£1,630
ST. FAITH'S CHURCH, GAYWOOD, KING'S LYNN SINGLE CONGREGATION LOCAL ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP [Charity number: 1168610] To advance the Christian faith in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Gaywood, St Faith's inaccordance with the principles and practices of the Anglican and Methodist Churches.by a) the celebration of public worship; b) the teaching of the Christian faith; c) mission and evangelism; d) pastoral work; e) the provision of community facilities with a Christian ethos and f) the support of other charities	£100,322

Last update: January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024