Voice of Persecuted Christians

Registered charity 280577 · since 1980voiceofpersecutedchristians.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£1.3M

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

This funder fits best if your work supports Christians persecuted for their faith, or their families, and you share its Christian objectives, since partners must share the charity's objectives.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the best first step is to use the contact shown there to ask how to approach it.
Staff evaluate potential projects through visits and obtain receipts and reports of the work carried out, so expect to be visited and to account for money in detail.
The annual report gives £1,285,223 awarded in total, which may include grants to individuals, but no grant range is stated, so ask about the likely size of a grant before naming a figure.
Organisations whose work does not share its Christian objectives should not apply.

Overview

Voice of Persecuted Christians is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 280577).

Voice of Persecuted Christians is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to advance the Christian faith in line with its Statement of Faith and Ethos Statement, and to relieve poverty and other hardship for those suffering persecution or marginalisation for their Christian beliefs and their families. It makes specific grants to local Christian partners that share its objectives, supporting discipleship programmes, pastor and leader training, Bible teaching, emergency relief and support for prisoners' families. Its UK ministry brings its work into churches. Its stated geographic focus is worldwide, and the annual report gives £1,285,223 awarded in total.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation makes specific grants to local Christian partners that share its objectives, supporting Christians persecuted for their faith and their families. It funds discipleship programmes, training for pastors and leaders, and Bible teaching. Practical support includes Bibles, emergency relief, support for prisoners’ families, legal support where appropriate, and tools for rebuilding life and witness. Its UK ministry brings its work into churches, teaching biblical principles around persecution and helping the UK church learn from persecuted Christians. It takes a prayerful, pastoral and practical approach, evaluating potential projects, visiting and monitoring existing work, and assessing completed projects on a sample basis.

Themes

Discipleship programmes
Pastor and leader training
Bible teaching
Emergency relief
Legal support
Prisoners’ family support

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

Partners that share our objectives.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Partners must share the foundation’s objectives.
Staff evaluate potential projects through visits.
The foundation obtains receipts and reports of the work carried out.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Voice of Persecuted Christians.

The Coverdale FoundationInvitation onlyGave £448k The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Giles', Normanton by Derby Kingsland Church ColchesterNo public processGave £64,706 The Liberty ChurchNo public process Trinity ChurchesRollingGave £31,470 Community Life TrustNo public processGave £6,870 Firstfruits Gospel FoundationRollingGave £1.6M The Independent Methodist AssociationInvitation onlyGave £117k Regions Beyond UKNo public processGave £144k St Mary’s PCCNo public processGave £28,075

Grants

Not included above: 6 with no named recipient; 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£440k).

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£3,123,885	£2,865,591	£1,172,561	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£3,084,500	£3,270,081	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£3,461,382	£3,705,409	£1,319,509	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£3,098,198	£3,292,630	£1,636,849	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£3,728,590	£3,158,662	£1,285,223	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£1.2M grants

YE 2023

£1.3M grants

YE 2024

£1.6M grants

YE 2025

£1.3M awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.