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.

6,702 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 3.30% 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	1,447	2.04%
£10k - £100k	2,678	3.81%
£100k - £250k	1,143	5.13%
£250k - £500k	477	4.38%
£500k - £1m	222	3.23%
£1m - £10m	218	2.39%
Over £10m	41	1.84%
Total	6,226	3.23%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	5,609	3.28%
oscr	734	2.96%
ccni	359	4.98%
Total	6,702	3.30%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
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.	£235,636,067
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.	£207,417,455
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain [Charity number: SC046952] The objects ('the Objects') of the Charity are to advance the Christian religion as practised by the body of Christian persons known as Jehovah's Witnesses, in particular but not exclusively by: 3 .1 producing audio and video material for Bible education, publishing, importing, exporting, recording, translating, producing, and distributing Bible literature. 3 .2 providing services and facilities for members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses ('the Order') and such other support as deemed appropriate from time to time. 3.3 purchasing, building, and renovating properties for use by Jehovah's Witnesses as places of worship, as well as for other purposes to support the Charity's objects. 3.4 engage in acts of charity, mercy, and humanitarian aid. and 3.5 distributing funds and goods to other entities that have similar aims. Nothing in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Charity shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.	£120,653,380
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN [Charity number: 1077961] 1. Provision of facilities to assist full time ministers. 2. Producing material for Bible education, publishing, importing, exporting, recording, translating, producing Bible literature.3. Purchasing, building, and renovating properties for use by Jehovah's Witnesses as places of worship.4. Humanitarian aid. 5. Distributing funds and goods to other entities with similar aims.	£120,653,380
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	£119,434,000
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.	£63,673,000
SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES [Charity number: 230165] PARISH MINISTRY: in parishes & in university chaplaincies SPIRITUALITY: centres, programmes & publications for spiritual education EDUCATION: schools, colleges of higher educationFORMATION: for Jesuits & Catholic clergySOCIAL JUSTICE & RELIEF OF POVERTY: Jesuit Refugee Service & service to the poorCARE OF INFIRM & ELDERLY JESUITS JESUIT WORK OVERSEAS	£48,904,000
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.	£47,309,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL [Charity number: 1199714] To provide support to the clergy in training, ministry and retirement To support pastoral work in parishes and local communities To support and direct lifelong Christian education in parishes and schools To preserve and invest in the property infrastructure of the Archdiocese and parishes, facilitating worship and enabling the charitable work of the Church to take place	£38,660,000
LIVERPOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESAN TRUST [Charity number: 232709] To provide support to the clergy in training, ministry and retirementTo support pastoral work in parishes and local communitiesTo support and direct lifelong Christian education in parishes and schoolsTo preserve and invest in the property infrastructure of the Archdiocese and parishes, facilitating worship and enabling the charitable work of the Church to take place	£38,660,000

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
LIVING WORD MINISTRIES EUROPE (JOY OF THE NATIONS CHRISTIAN CENTRE) [Charity number: 1119719] Advancement of the Christian faithRelief of poverty and helping the sick and the needyCounsellingDeveloping the total man Spirit Soul and Body	£25,109
Presence Ministries [Charity number: SC053971] 4. The organisation's purposes are: 4.1. The advancement of Education 4.2. The advancement of Religion through healing gatherings and religious education workshops and classes
MARLOW BAPTIST CHURCH [Charity number: 1213827] Advancement of the Christian Faith in accordance with the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC) Doctrinal Basis primarily but not exclusively within Marlow and the surrounding neighbourhood; and such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the members of the Church in general meeting, further the work of the Church.
REDCLIFFE COLLEGE [Charity number: 1054907] The College is an evangelical interdenominational college committed to training an international body of men and women in Christian ministry with a special emphasis on evangelism, development work and cross-cultural mission.The College aims to provide high quality training and preparation through its holistic training programme. The courses are validated at HE level by the University of Glos.	£4,250
SALEM INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE [Charity number: 1105659] PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN CHURCHES AND OPEN FIELD CRUSADE WITHIN ENGLAND AND WALES. PROVIDE COUNSELLING TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, WHETHER EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL, LOSS OF LOVED ONES ETC. ADMINSTER WELFARE ALSO TO MEMBERS IN NEED EITHER FINANCIALLY OR MATERIALLY.	£681,026
MYANMAR PROCLAMATION MINISTRIES [Charity number: 1198380] Supporting Pastor training and Church planting across South East Asia
KOINONIA EVANGELICAL CHURCH [Charity number: 1193095] Promoting the Christian Gospel and practical work in the community youth and the disadvantaged. Support of overseas mission work.	£126,145
APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES SLOUGH ASSEMBLY [Charity number: 1153480] Our main activity is to preach gospel of Jesus christ through assembling and act of community building. Please see our charity deed.	£86,065
DESTINY TEMPLE [Charity number: 1113679] We run church services, counseling, youth activities, christian based conferences, teaching seminars, pray for people, evangelism, house fellowships, preaching the gospel, concerts, prayer meetings	£116,562
ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRIES [Charity number: 1208056] THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN LUTON AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.	£24,990