Latin Link Britain & Ireland

What Latin Link Britain & Ireland does

Latin Link Britain & Ireland is a registered Christian charity and company limited by guarantee operating from Reading, UK, founded in 1978. It is the UK and Irish arm of the Latin Link International network and serves as a sending and hosting organisation for mission between Britain, Ireland, Latin America, and parts of Europe. Its core product is a tiered mission-engagement programme: Step (short-term placements of 2–16 weeks, in its 40th year as of 2025), Stride (mid-term placements of 6–24 months), and Stay (long-term placements of 3+ years). The Incoming Mission programme extends this in the reverse direction, enabling Latin American Christians to serve in European ministry contexts. Collectively the network operates across 15 countries.

The organisation operates with a small UK staff of around 25 alongside a distributed field mission worker base of more than 100 people. Its technology stack is standard off-the-shelf: Stripe and GoCardless for payments, Mailchimp for donor communications, Vimeo for video content, and Google Analytics for web tracking. There is no proprietary technology, platform, or data asset disclosed.

The business model is a charitable funding model rather than a commercial one. Income is derived from individual donations, legacy giving, participant contributions to placement costs, and church partnerships. Stewardship communications (Latinfile magazine, the annual Prayer Calendar) form the donor-engagement backbone. The organisation holds dual charity registrations in England & Wales (1020826) and Scotland (SCO52161), and was awarded the Global Connections Code of Best Practice in Short-Term Mission in 2019. Safeguarding governance was formalised with a dedicated Safeguarding Lead and a Trustee Responsible for Safeguarding.

Name

Latin Link Britain & Ireland

Legal name

Latin Link

Website

https://latinlink.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Latin Link Britain & Ireland is a UK-registered Christian charity, founded in 1978 and headquartered in Reading, that places British and Irish missionaries in Latin America and Europe through Step, Stride, and Stay programmes and an Incoming Mission track, funded by donations, legacies, and church partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Mission and Ministry Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Christian Pilgrimage & Holy Land Tour Operators (THAKAHAB)

Keywords

• Christian mission organization
• International mission sending
• Faith-based nonprofit
• Missionary support services
• Cross-cultural ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Reading

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: Individual donors support mission workers through personal fundraising profiles or general donations. Supporters can give to specific individuals, projects, or where most needed.
2. Legacy Giving: Supporters can leave a legacy/bequest to Latin Link in their wills.
3. Participant Contributions: Step participants raise funds to cover programme costs including orientation, training, food, accommodation, insurance, and project setup. Flights and personal expenses are not covered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Latin Link Britain & Ireland is a Christian mission organization based in Britain and Ireland that mobilizes supporters, churches, and individuals for cross-cultural mission work connected to Latin America. It delivers named engagement programmes that walk participants through stages of involvement with the mission.

Product overview

Latin Link Britain & Ireland operates as a mission organization with three inter-related core programs: Step (short-term mission teams lasting 2-16 weeks), Stride (6-24 month individual/family placements), and Stay (longer-term placements exceeding 3 years). The organization also offers an Incoming Mission program for Latin Americans serving in Europe. Supporting resources include the Latinfile annual magazine, ePrayer (fortnightly prayer emails), eNews for Churches (monthly updates), the annual Prayer Calendar, and the Global Sofa video series for prayer connections. Church partnerships provide sabbatical placements, youth/children's educational resources, and mission team organization support. Stepping Stones virtual events offer discovery opportunities for prospective mission participants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Step programme

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global ConnectionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019UK Christian mission network that recognises Latin Link as operating under its Code of Best Practice in Short-Term Mission. Latin Link is a member of this network.
• Thrive WorldwidecoreOthersTravel health centre used by Latin Link to advise personnel on overseas health matters. Conducts confidential online medical screenings via questionnaire to confirm fitness for volunteering on Step programme.
• Latin Link InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin Link Britain and Ireland is a member of Latin Link International, an international network of mission organisations.
• Churches in Latin AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal churches across Latin America host mission workers and partner with Latin Link for community outreach, children's work, construction projects, and church planting.
• Churches in EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean churches partner with Latin Link for incoming mission, hosting Latin American workers serving in their communities.
• Universidad de las Naciones (Costa Rica)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term member Ray Miller served as Dean of Social Science Faculty, pioneering a Masters Course in San José, Costa Rica.
• ProMETA Online UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnline university where Latin Link members have set up a Department of Intercultural Studies, training over 100 students from Latin Missions serving worldwide.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• OM International (Operation Mobilisation): One of the largest evangelical mission organisations globally with UK presence, running ship-based outreach, short-term teams, and long-term placements. Overlaps in mission placement model and evangelical recruitment but operates at far larger scale across many world regions beyond Latin America.
• Tearfund: UK-based evangelical relief and development agency with strong church-partnership network and Christian volunteer engagement. Comparable in evangelical identity and UK church constituency but focused on relief/development rather than missionary placement.
• WEC International: UK-headquartered evangelical mission agency sending missionaries to multiple continents with structured short- and long-term programmes. Comparable programme design and evangelical base, but broader geographic remit than Latin Link.
• SIM (Serving In Mission): Global evangelical mission organisation with UK sending base, placing missionaries cross-culturally with established church-partner networks. Comparable in recruitment model, tiered placement structure, and evangelical identity but broader geographic scope.

Direct peers

• AIM International (Africa Inland Mission): Evangelical mission agency originating in the UK with structured individual and team placement programmes serving partner churches. Comparable because of similar evangelical recruitment pipeline, church partnership model, and short-/long-term placement tiers.
• Latin Link International: Parent federation of national Latin Link entities. Most direct peer because it operates the same mission model across multiple sending countries (UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany) with shared programmes and worker mobility between member organisations.
• Pioneers: UK-originated evangelical mission agency placing individuals, families, and teams in cross-cultural contexts worldwide. Comparable placement structure (short-term teams, mid-term, long-term), similar evangelical recruitment base, and parallel use of church partnership networks.
• Crosslinks: UK-based evangelical mission organisation sending missionaries internationally through structured placements. Closely comparable because of shared evangelical constituency, British sending base, and tiered short-/long-term programme model.
• CMS (Church Mission Society): UK-based evangelical mission agency sending British Christians for cross-cultural mission, with structured short-, medium-, and long-term programmes. Directly comparable because of overlapping sending geography, evangelical identity, and tiered placement model.

Others

• Global Connections: UK network of mission agencies and churches that recognises Latin Link under its Code of Best Practice. Related as an ecosystem enabler\u2014membership provides sector credibility and shared standards rather than direct competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@LatinLinkUK
• Facebookfacebook.com/latinlinkpage
• Instagraminstagram.com/latinlink
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/latin-link-britain-&-ireland

Compliance3 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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