TEARFUND
Operating as a registered charity, it is an international Christian relief and development agency that partners with local churches to provide disaster response and poverty alleviation programmes worldwide.
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Cash
£13m
-18.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£30m
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
794
-11.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£178k
-93.1% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £82,587,000 | £80,238,000 | £69,242,000 | -13.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,571,000 | £178,000 | -93.1% | |
| Net profit | -£140,000 | £2,571,000 | £178,000 | -93.1% | |
| Cash | £3,425,000 | £15,938,000 | £12,955,000 | -18.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,189,000 | £30,206,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £27,179,000 | £29,750,000 | £29,928,000 | +0.6% | |
| Equity | £27,179,000 | £29,750,000 | £29,928,000 | +0.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,078 | 893 | 794 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | £31,896,000 | £26,335,000 | £26,683,000 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £97,000 | £97,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.2% | 3.2% | 0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.2% | 14.9% | 14.5% | |
| Current ratio | 6.78x | 7.02x | 7.90x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TEARFUND 2001-03-16 → present
- TEAR FUND 1988-06-21 → 2001-03-16
- TEAR FUND LIMITED 1970-11-13 → 1988-06-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Trustees do not believe there are any material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt over the ability of Tearfund to operate as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements, and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TEARFUND · parent
- Tearfund Trading Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Francis Joseph | Secretary | 2025-03-13 | — | — |
| BIDEN, Stephanie Clare | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| BIEHLER, Alfred Weyers | Director | 2025-05-23 | Jun 1973 | British |
| CHRISTIAN, Jayakumar Kuruvilla | Director | 2020-09-15 | Feb 1954 | Indian |
| COTTERELL, Tracy Jane | Director | 2025-06-10 | May 1960 | British |
| DE SOUZA, Catherine Alison | Director | 2021-09-24 | Jul 1981 | British |
| LASZLO, Anna Elisabeth | Director | 2018-09-27 | Aug 1969 | British |
| MACKIE, Andrew Fraser | Director | 2025-05-23 | Dec 1966 | British,South African |
| NDAGIJIMANA, Jean Paul | Director | 2021-03-24 | Jun 1970 | Rwandan |
| ODUSOLU, Akinyemi Olusesan | Director | 2022-01-05 | Feb 1964 | British |
| WESSON, David Martin | Director | 2019-12-04 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADENEY, David William | Secretary | — | 1995-03-22 |
| COE, Pippa Alice | Secretary | 2023-09-27 | 2024-05-07 |
| DREW, Mary Ann | Secretary | 2015-12-09 | 2023-09-27 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Andrew Graham | Secretary | 1998-11-25 | 2008-12-08 |
| GOUGH, Richard Edward Charles | Secretary | 2008-12-08 | 2010-11-30 |
| HINGSTON, Stephen Terence | Secretary | 1995-03-22 | 1998-11-25 |
| HOPKINSON, Alison | Secretary | 2011-10-06 | 2015-12-09 |
| SANDERSON, Caroline Jane Louise | Secretary | 2024-05-07 | 2025-03-12 |
| ARUMUGAM, Stanley | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-10 |
| ARUMUGAM, Stanley | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2023-12-06 |
| ARUMUGAM, Stanley, Dr | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2023-04-24 |
| BAKER, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2016-09-15 |
| BARNARDO, David Eric, Dr | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| BARNES, Antony Jonathan Ward | Director | 2021-02-18 | 2023-10-28 |
| BUTTRICK, Miles Richard | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2006-09-20 |
| CALVER, Clive Richard, Rev | Director | — | 1997-03-19 |
| CAMP, Robert Michael | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2017-07-12 |
| CAMPANALE, David Bruno | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2016-09-15 |
| CATHCART, Ewan Chalmers Fawcett | Director | 2000-09-20 | 2003-09-17 |
| CHILVER, Brian Outram | Director | — | 1999-11-24 |
| COLCHESTER, Charles Meredith Hastings | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| COLLINS, Jennifer Mary | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| COWING, Helen Gaye | Director | 2024-03-14 | 2024-09-30 |
| CURTIS, William Ian | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2021-09-29 |
| DAVIDSON, John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2025-12-10 |
| DAVIES, Stanley Leslie, Rev | Director | — | 1998-11-25 |
| DE LEYSER, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2010-07-07 |
| EDWARDS, Joel Patrick, Reverend | Director | 1997-11-26 | 1999-04-06 |
| EVANS, Julian, Professor | Director | 2003-09-17 | 2010-07-07 |
| EVANS, Julian, Prof | Director | 1993-03-17 | 2002-09-12 |
| FINAMORE, Stephen, Reverend Dr | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2005-09-07 |
| GREENSLADE, David John | Director | — | 1993-05-19 |
| HARVEY, John Kenneth, Professor | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| HEALD, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2020-09-24 |
| HICKFORD, Andrew, Reverand | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2010-07-07 |
| HUGHESDON, John Stephen | Director | 1991-11-27 | 1996-11-27 |
| HURST, Kim Barbara | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2011-07-13 |
| JONES-EVANS, Sally Ann | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| LANKESTER, Thomas Edwin, Dr | Director | 1993-03-17 | 2002-09-12 |
| LAVER, Simon Roy | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2013-06-12 |
| LONEY, Philip Duncan | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-09-15 |
| MAHTANI, Deepak | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2018-09-27 |
| MALTON, Douglas Percy | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| MATHER, Harold Clive | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2018-09-27 |
| MELLUISH, Mark Peter, Rev | Director | 2010-09-22 | 2020-09-24 |
| MILLER, Harold Creeth, Reverend | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2021-09-29 |
| MILLS, Jillian | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2019-09-26 |
| MITCHELL, Susan | Director | 1992-11-18 | 2002-05-08 |
| MORRIS, Michael Leonard | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1996-11-27 |
| NORTHCOTT, Roger Hamilton | Director | — | 1996-11-27 |
| NUAMAH WILLIAMS, Rosemary Winifred | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-02-01 |
| OGILVY, Julia Caroline | Director | 2010-09-26 | 2017-07-12 |
| PEARCE, Lisa Annette | Director | 2024-10-31 | 2025-03-01 |
| PHINDA, Harry | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2024-12-04 |
| POGGO, Anthony Dangasuk, Right Reverend | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-04 |
| PRIOR, Ian Roger Lyndon, Reverend | Director | 1994-12-07 | 2004-11-10 |
| ROWLAND, Craig | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2019-09-26 |
| SHAW, John | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2024-04-30 |
| SHAW, John | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2021-09-29 |
| SMITH, John Speirs, Rev | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2009-07-07 |
| SMITH, Margaret | Director | 1997-11-26 | 2007-09-19 |
| THOMAS, Nigel Alan Dawson | Director | 1997-11-26 | 1998-07-15 |
| TILLETT, Sarah Louise, Reverand | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2011-07-13 |
| TIPLADY, Richard David, Rev | Director | 1999-02-16 | 2002-01-22 |
| TODD, David Andrew Thompson | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2014-09-25 |
| TOMKINS, Andrew Mervyn, Professor | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2008-09-24 |
| TOMKINS, Andrew Mervyn, Professor | Director | — | 1997-11-26 |
| WHITE, David Edgar | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.