RELEASE INTERNATIONAL
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Cash
£1.6m
+56.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.9m
+44.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
27
-6.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£570k
+393.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,461,382 | £3,012,305 | £3,636,737 | +20.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£194,432 | £569,928 | +393.1% | |
| Net profit | -£244,027 | -£194,432 | £569,928 | +393.1% | |
| Cash | £540,501 | £1,021,983 | £1,602,524 | +56.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,479,908 | £1,285,476 | £1,855,405 | +44.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,479,908 | £1,285,476 | £1,855,405 | +44.3% | |
| Equity | £1,479,908 | £1,285,476 | £1,855,405 | +44.3% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 29 | 27 | -6.9% | |
| Wages | £1,057,057 | £1,118,652 | £895,533 | -19.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -7.0% | -6.5% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.5% | 24.6% | 16.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.95x | 7.24x | 12.56x |
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
- RELEASE INTERNATIONAL 2017-06-15 → present
- RELEASE INTERNATIONAL LTD 2015-12-02 → 2017-06-15
- CHRISTIAN MISSION TO THE COMMUNIST WORLD 1980-07-07 → 2015-12-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During 2025, the decision was taken by the Board of Trustees, after a period of investigation, risk analysis, and planning, to introduce a working name for Release International's work in the UK.”
- “The new working name of Voice of Persecuted Christians provides clarity of the charity's purpose for both new and existing supporters.”
- “The working name was registered with the Charity Commission in December 2025, and the name will be communicated to supporters in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASMELASH, Berhane Tesfamariam, Dr | Director | 2018-04-10 | Sep 1956 | Eritrean |
| BENTLEY, David John | Director | 2020-06-26 | Nov 1951 | British |
| FACE, Danielle Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-13 | Jun 1993 | British |
| KARAMI, Robert, Rev | Director | 2023-07-03 | Sep 1983 | Iranian |
| PERKINS, Christopher John | Director | 2025-06-19 | Oct 1977 | British |
| PRINT, Martin Henry | Director | 2024-03-28 | Jul 1954 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2025-09-17 | Jan 1960 | British |
| WAYLAND, Andrew Michael | Director | 2016-12-07 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADLEY, Christopher | Secretary | 2005-09-14 | 2009-10-01 |
| BINNS, David John, Mr. | Secretary | 2018-03-14 | 2019-06-30 |
| COLE, Imogen Ada | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2021-12-20 |
| CURROR, John Munro | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2018-03-14 |
| LINEEN, Patrick James | Secretary | 2021-12-20 | 2024-12-28 |
| MANNING, Trevor, Reverend | Secretary | — | 2000-09-20 |
| SEATON, Geoffrey Allan | Secretary | 2000-09-20 | 2005-09-14 |
| ADENEY, David William | Director | 2007-09-12 | 2018-06-20 |
| ALEXANDER, Geoffrey Leonard | Director | — | 2016-12-15 |
| ARMOND, David John | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2025-06-20 |
| ASHURST, Robert Gerald | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2019-08-19 |
| ASPINALL, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2011-12-06 | 2013-03-18 |
| BISHOP, Anna | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2017-09-13 |
| BRIAN, Robert Coles, Dr | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| CHALLENDER, Pauline Emily | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2008-11-21 |
| CRICK, Janet Anne | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2025-04-01 |
| DAPLYN, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-10-30 |
| DAVY, Francis Oakland | Director | 2004-09-09 | 2005-07-12 |
| DUFFELL, Peter Morris | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| EWINS, Peter Colin | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2018-06-30 |
| FRITH, Ian Robert | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2016-12-07 |
| GRANGER, Martin John | Director | 1997-02-27 | 2001-12-31 |
| HANNA, William Johnston | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2015-12-02 |
| HARRIS, Walter Stuart, Reverend | Director | — | 1997-09-25 |
| HARRISON, Susan | Director | 2020-09-27 | 2023-06-22 |
| HOGAN, Russell | Director | 2002-03-19 | 2007-12-03 |
| JOHNSON, Wachuku | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2019-10-30 |
| JONES, Anthony | Director | 2006-05-09 | 2011-01-12 |
| KOLANECI, Redina | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2007-10-25 |
| KURTON, Brian | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2002-11-10 |
| LANDRUM, David Carl | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2020-11-19 |
| LEE, Martin John | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2022-11-18 |
| PRINT, Mary Anne, Dr. | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2023-10-28 |
| RAND, Susan Valerie | Director | 2002-03-19 | 2017-06-28 |
| SEATON, Geoffrey Allan | Director | 1997-02-27 | 2016-05-11 |
| SHEARER, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.