There was a surplus of £321,000 in 2025 due to resilient member support and high legacy income. Costs increased by £80,000 due to relocation. After these initial relocation costs, the move to Manchester will be cost neutral. It won’t cost any more or less than running the office in Borough Green. After this positive year, reserves remain strong. 

Support gifts make up 65% of all income. At £4.3 million, support for members was the same as in 2024. These are critical for OMF (UK) and for all members, supporting ministry within East Asia, ministry based in the UK, as well as wider mobilisation within the UK and helping to cover the allowances for older retired members. OMF (UK) are experts in receiving this income and reporting it to members and supporters. For individual gifts, Gift Aid is received and entirely passed on to members. Many other charities deduct admin fees from Gift Aid. We prefer to be totally transparent with Gift Aid received. Part of the support received for each member is used to run the National Office, but this only covers 78% of the costs. 

Legacies made up 19% of income. This was double the 2024 figure. 4 legacies of more than £150,000 were received. These are very important to support members. Much of the legacies received are used to top up members whose support is less than 100% of their budgets. A part of the legacies received in 2025 have increased reserves. 

General Donations were 8% of income. This is also important for topping up members, and for covering part of the costs of running the National Office. 

Project gifts are passed on to projects. Most of these gifts are for projects in East Asia which are passed on directly to the project with Gift Aid added. 

Interest and Dividends are received for our deposit accounts and investments. Other income includes rent and publications of books. 

£2.96 million or 47% of the expenditure goes to members’ Life and Ministry among East Asians. These are the living costs and ministry costs of members in East Asia and UK based members with Returnee Focus and Intercultural Ministry. There were 140 active members in 2025.

£1.29 million or 21% is spent on mobilisation. This includes the Area Representative and the Communications team including the podcasts, websites and events that they oversee to support mobilisation in the UK. Many of these materials are also shared with other centres throughout OMF International. Many of those involved in mobilisation are members, so their life and ministry costs are included in the £1.29 million. 

12% is spent on administration support including finance and IT. 

9% is spent on mission support including member care especially for members on Home Assignment. 

6% is spent on projects, mainly in East Asia. This also included the Swanwick conference in March 2025 which was attended by around 300 members, retirees, candidates, trustees and supporters. 

4% is spent on allowances for retired members. This figure is a significant reduction compared with recent years because 60% of retirement allowances have been covered by the retirement fund. Therefore only 40% of retirement allowances are included in this total. Education and information costs cover the publication of books and magazines produced by the communications team. They account for just 1% of expenditure. 

James Niblett
Director of Finance