ECHOES OF SERVICE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 5 August 1965
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £0
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 124 WELLS ROAD, BATH, BA2 3AH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.echoesinternational.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To act as a mission service agency & produce a monthly missionary magazine.To achieve this we publish news & information about cross cultural mission activity across the world & distribute unsolicited gifts to mission workers, provide pastoral care to our mission workers & seek to encourage interst in mission within the UK.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 30 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 16 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 26 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 24 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 24 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,144,216
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,746,890

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 24 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,144,216
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,746,890
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 24 August 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 3920089
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 60935
Income Investments: 160924
Income Other: 2268
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4144216
Income Legacies: 698814
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £38,912
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,707,978
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 5746890
Expenditure Investment Management: 38912
Expenditure Grants Institution: 1534176
Expenditure Governance: 20790
Expenditure Support Costs: 898165
Expenditure Depreciation: 69120
Gain Loss Investment: 567202
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 31500
Reserves: £5,833,051
Assets Total Fixed: 6509918
Assets Own Use: 654775
Assets Long Term Investment: 5855143
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £503,377
Assets Total Liabilities: £392,384
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £6,620,911
Creditors One Year Total Current: 392384
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £178,861
Funds Endowment: 171341
Funds Unrestricted: 5833051
Funds Restricted: 616519
Funds Total: 6620911
Count Employees: 22
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bath And North East Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ECHOES OF SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2014-03-03T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 16512
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 234558
Assoc Charity Name: BROOKLANDS TRUST

Charity Name: ECHOES OF SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2014-03-03T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 16516
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1173851
Assoc Charity Name: MRS H MACLEAN TRUST

Charity Name: ECHOES OF SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2014-03-03T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 4010908
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 234558
Assoc Charity Name: VICTORIA GOSPEL TRUST

Charity Name: ECHOES OF SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 5
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2014-03-03T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 4010905
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 234558
Assoc Charity Name: THE A H BOULTON FUND

Charity Name: ECHOES OF SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1965-08-05T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: STATUTORY DECLARATION DATED 23 MAY 1928, AS AMENDED BY A FULLY REGULATING SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS, DATED 29 JANUARY 1997 AS AMENDED 12TH OCTOBER 1999. as amended on 24 Jul 2018
Charitable Objects: THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE MISSIONARY WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, AND TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN BY THE PUBLICATION OF THE JOURNAL CALLED ECHOES OF SERVICE
Area Of Benefit: UK AND OVERSEAS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Paying staff