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.

6,757 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 3.32% 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	1,455	2.04%
£10k - £100k	2,691	3.82%
£100k - £250k	1,139	5.08%
£250k - £500k	487	4.40%
£500k - £1m	225	3.23%
£1m - £10m	224	2.44%
Over £10m	40	1.78%
Total	6,261	3.24%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	5,674	3.31%
oscr	730	2.93%
ccni	353	5.05%
Total	6,757	3.32%

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.	£234,940,000
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
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.	£47,039,000
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
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
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.	£38,463,325
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.	£38,463,325

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
The Evangelical Protestant Society [Charity number: NI102062] Our main vehicles for communicating our message are our quarterly magazine, the Ulster Bulwark, which is issued free of charge to anybody upon request, our website and, to an ever increasing extent, social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter (and these have enabled us to reach a wider and younger audience). We also organise and participate in public meetings and debates which are open to all, and engage in wider debate in the public square through our participation in, for example, radio debates, and publication of newspaper statements and articles. We find that, increasingly, we are engaged in outreach work across the community, seeking to explain evangelical Protestantism to a broader audience in a fast-changing world, engaging in healthy debate and discussion with others who hold views which are different to ours.	£11,080
THE CHURCHES FUNERAL SERVICES TRUST [Charity number: 1003936] Representation of the mainstream Churches in England and Wales at national level on matters relating to funeral ministry, co-ordination of policy and best practice, and publication of official funeral liturgies.	£1,139
CHRIST UNITED MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL DOMINION ASSEMBLY [Charity number: 1174121] RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIESWORSHIPPING GOD,FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD,THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.TO PROMOTE/FULFIL SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN MILTON KEYNES.	£13,214
WARE CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA [Charity number: 268120] Preaching the Gospel	£22,810
PARTNERSHIP (UK) LIMITED [Charity number: 802564] Encouraging local evangelical churches towards spiritual vitality, effectiveness, and growth.	£11,251
Larkhall Baptist Church SCIO [Charity number: SC052366] The Purposes are the advancement of religion, specifically the Christian faith, primarily in Larkhall and also throughout Scotland and the rest of the World by all means consistent with: 4.1The Christian Bible. 4.2 The Declaration of Principle of the Baptist Union of Scotland. and 4.3 The Statement of Foundation Values. including without prejudice to the foregoing generality worship, ministry, mission, witness, prayer, fellowship, networking, education, community service and the provision of activities and facilities for the community, and the relief of poverty and other social needs, including the support of individuals and other charitable organisations and agencies involved in any or all of these.	£91,668
Church of God, Kilsyth [Charity number: SC054615] The purpose for which the Church is formed is to be the new legal form of the Scottish Charity currently operating and known as Church Of God Pentecostal Assembly (Scottish Charity SC012873) which exists for the promotion of Christ's kingdom through evangelism, teaching, preaching and social action. The charitable purpose of the Church for the purposes of the Act is the advancement of the Christian religion for the public benefit.
NORTH DERBYSHIRE NEW LIFE CHURCH [Charity number: 700251] To preach the gospel through evangelism and outreach into the local community.Provide childrens work to a high standard through the Sunday school and holiday clubs during the school summer break.Link with other churches and community projects to support local needs.Support overseas missions through visits and gifts. Support church members in need.	£124,892
Life of Grace Ministries International [Charity number: NI107859] None
DESTINY LIFE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES [Charity number: 1208726] ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP AND PRAYER, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, OUTREACH AND PASTORAL CARE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.	£2,175