Jesuit Missions

What Jesuit Missions does

Jesuit Missions is the international mission and development arm of Jesuits in Britain, operating as a registered charity in England and Wales (no. 230165) and Scotland (no. SC053495) and headquartered at 114 Mount Street, London. The organization runs development and humanitarian programs across at least 8 countries and regions — Guyana, China and Macau, the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon), South Sudan, Southern Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique), Madagascar, India, and Myanmar — and has added Venezuela as an active emergency-response theater in 2026. Programs are delivered through a network of trusted local Jesuit partner organizations including Lok Manch, JOESA, JRS International, Fe y Alegría, Casa Ricci, Centre Arrupe Madagascar, MAGIS Agricultural Institute, and the Myanmar Leadership Institute.

Service offerings span education access (school retention support, scholarships, materials, bicycles for distance learners), vocational and leadership training, refugee and mental health support, women's protection and empowerment, emergency humanitarian response (earthquake and airstrike relief), community rights advocacy, and climate-action education aligned with Catholic Social Teaching and Pope Francis's Laudato Si'. Complementary offerings include a structured Resources for Schools program, COP climate-conference toolkits (COP28/29/30), Lent and Season of Creation campaigns, the Voices of Hope podcast, and a UK supporter-engagement program spanning donations, volunteering, parish networks, and grassroots political advocacy (e.g., postcards to the Prime Minister). There is no proprietary technology platform; digital delivery is via a WordPress website, social channels, and standard email/newsletter infrastructure.

The revenue model is donation-based rather than commercial: income is derived from individual supporters, parish collections, emergency appeals, and contributions from the parent entity (Jesuits in Britain pledged £50,000 toward the 2026 Venezuela appeal). Pricing is not applicable as no goods or services are sold. Go-to-market is hybrid: top-of-funnel awareness via website, social, and podcasts; mid-funnel conversion via email and campaign toolkits; and bottom-funnel advocacy via petitions, prayer vigils, and COP events. Customer (beneficiary) segments are horizontally diverse — vulnerable populations in the Global South across indigenous, refugee, farmer, women, and youth cohorts — supplemented by UK schools and parishes as donor/advocate segments.

Name

Jesuit Missions

Legal name

Jesuits in Britain CIO (Society of Jesus Trust of 1929 for Roman Catholic Purposes (the Province))

Website

https://jesuitmissions.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jesuit Missions is the UK-registered international development arm of Jesuits in Britain, funding and coordinating humanitarian, education, refugee, and climate-action programs across 8+ countries through a network of local Jesuit partner organizations, financed by donations and emergency appeals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development and Humanitarian Aid

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

Keywords

• International development charity
• Jesuit mission work
• Humanitarian aid programmes
• Faith-based education
• Social justice projects

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Jesuit Missions generates revenue through donations from supporters, charitable contributions, and emergency appeals. The organization is part of the Jesuits in Britain and works with the Xavier Network for coordinated Jesuit emergency responses worldwide.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Jesuit Missions is a registered UK charity that funds and delivers international development, humanitarian relief, education, peacebuilding, and social justice programmes through the global Jesuit network. It operates in countries including Guyana, China, Macau, Syria, Lebanon, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Madagascar, India, Myanmar, and Venezuela, raising income primarily through donations from Catholic individuals, parishes, and schools in Britain. The organisation also produces faith-based and educational resources (Lent materials, podcasts, COP resources, school resources) to engage supporters across Britain.

Product overview

Jesuit Missions operates as a charitable international development organisation, not a commercial product company. Its 'offerings' consist of humanitarian projects and educational resources. The core work comprises international development projects focused on education, environmental activism, community rights, vocational training, and refugee support across multiple countries (Madagascar, Guyana, Myanmar, India, South Sudan, Middle East, China, Southern Africa). These projects are delivered through partner organisations and are supplemented by educational campaign resources including Lent calendars, COP climate conference materials, school resources, the Voices of Hope podcast series, and Season of Creation resources. There is no unified software platform or product architecture - the organisation's work is programme and project-based rather than product-based.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Centre Arrupe Madagascar Jesuit Missions-supported education and formation centre in Madagascar, named after the Jesuit Fr Pedro Arrupe, serving marginalised children and communities.
• Quality Bilingual Education Programme (QBEP) Jesuit Missions education initiative delivering quality bilingual schooling to underserved learners in programme countries.
• Myanmar Leadership Institute Jesuit Missions leadership formation programme in Myanmar, developing civil society and community leaders.
• Lok Manch Jesuit Missions-supported people-led platform in India enabling community voices to engage with governance and social justice issues.
• Sowing Seeds & Sudan Crisis Response Jesuit Missions humanitarian programme providing crisis response and livelihoods support in South Sudan and surrounding affected communities.
• Earthquake Response & Women-Centred Agency for Protection Jesuit Missions emergency response and women's protection programme supporting communities affected by earthquakes in the Middle East (Syria/Lebanon region).
• Ricci Social Services Jesuit Missions-supported social services in Macau, named after the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, serving vulnerable populations in the territory.
• Jesuit Opportunities in Education (JOESA) Jesuit Missions-supported education access programme providing schooling opportunities for disadvantaged learners, notably in Southern Africa.

Quantifiable outcome

• 313,054 people helped through community rights in India
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fe y AlegriacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2026Fe y Alegria (Faith and Joy) is a Jesuit education network in Venezuela. Jesuit schools are being used as temporary shelters helping support children and families affected by the earthquakes.
• Xavier NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Xavier Network coordinates Jesuit emergency responses worldwide. Jesuit Missions works as part of this network to ensure support reaches communities most affected by emergencies such as the Venezuela earthquakes.
• JRS InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJesuit Refugee Service International. Jesuit Missions works with JRS International in Renk, South Sudan near the border with Sudan to provide mental health and rehabilitation support to refugees, as well as basic assistive care to those with disabilities.
• Jesuits in BritaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJesuits in Britain is the parent organization of Jesuit Missions. They pledged £50,000 contribution to Venezuela earthquake relief efforts and continue to support Jesuit Missions' emergency appeals.
• Lok ManchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLok Manch (People's Forum) is a nationwide human rights' group in India which supports those in need across various issues including helping people obtain ration cards, securing machinery for villages, and rebuilding homes. They support Adivasi (tribal) groups who are among the poorest and most vulnerable.
• Casa Ricci FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBased in Macau, China, Casa Ricci works with people suffering from leprosy or HIV-AIDS, those who are dying, sick and alone in hospitals, and families that cannot send their children to study due to poverty caused by sickness.
• MAGIS Agricultural InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAGIS Agricultural Institute in South Sudan trains mainly female small-scale farmers on climate-resilient agricultural techniques. They have been impacted by adverse weather patterns and climate change affecting farming communities.
• Centre Arrupe MadagascarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Arrupe Madagascar is an environmental awareness organization offering educational and practical training sessions to young people on climate issues and sustainable development, inspired by Pope Francis's Laudato Si' and Jesuit teachings.
• Policy Forum GuyanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolicy Forum Guyana (PFG) is a climate NGO engaging young people politically on the climate crisis through training sessions on public speaking, advocacy and digital marketing skills related to environmental issues.
• Jesuit Opportunities in Education (JOESA) ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJOESA provides support to children at risk of dropping out of school across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. This covers emotional support sessions, practical materials such as stationery and hygiene products, and bikes for students living far from schools.
• Myanmar Leadership InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Myanmar Leadership Institute offers courses to young people designed to develop competent and compassionate leaders committed to serving the common good, operating despite brutal civil war and institutional shutdowns.
• Quality Bilingual Education Programme (QBEP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Quality Bilingual Education Programme in Guyana enables Wapichan indigenous children to learn about their language and culture at school, redressing the balance between formal education and traditional community-based learning.
• Unidos en la Mision (Venezuela)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Jesuit partner in Venezuela carrying out rapid assessments of urgent humanitarian needs following earthquakes, providing temporary shelter, essential relief items, protection services and psychosocial support.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tearfund: Major UK evangelical Christian relief and development charity. Comparable on emergency response, schools resources, climate advocacy and UK individual-donor fundraising mechanics, though rooted in evangelical rather than Catholic tradition.
• Christian Aid: UK ecumenical international development charity of the Churches Together network. Comparable on global South programming, climate advocacy, and UK faith-based fundraising, but with a broader (non-Catholic) Christian mandate.
• Caritas Internationalis: The global Catholic charitable confederation of 162 national member organisations. Operates emergency response, refugee support and development programmes that broadly overlap Jesuit Missions' mandate at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Aid to the Church in Need (ACN): A Catholic pontifical charity supporting persecuted Christians and church-run projects worldwide, including emergency and pastoral work that overlaps with Jesuit Missions' Catholic-mission donor base.
• Missio: The Pope's official missionary charity for England and Wales, supporting overseas Catholic missionaries. Overlaps directly with Jesuit Missions' parish fundraising, schools resources, and international mission-sending work.
• Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) International: The international Jesuit organisation for refugees, directly co-delivering programmes with Jesuit Missions in South Sudan (Renk) and elsewhere. Operates within the same Society of Jesus ecosystem and shares funding, governance and brand.
• CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development): The official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, running international development, emergency response, and Lent/Advent parish appeals that directly overlap Jesuit Missions' UK Catholic fundraising footprint.
• Fe y Alegría: The international Jesuit education and social-inclusion movement operating across Latin America. Jesuit Missions is a documented partner, and the network directly mirrors Jesuit Missions' education and emergency-response programmes.
• Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL): Jesuit higher-education initiative delivering blended learning to refugees and marginalised communities. Closely comparable to the Myanmar Leadership Institute and JOESA education-support programmes delivered by Jesuit Missions.

Regional players

• SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund): Scotland's Catholic international aid agency, registered in the same Scottish charity jurisdiction as Jesuit Missions (SC053495). Comparable faith-based emergency response, education support, and parish fundraising model within a more geographically concentrated territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JesuitMissions
• Facebookfacebook.com/jesuitmissionsuk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jesuit-missions
• Instagraminstagram.com/jesuitmissions

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Profiles3 records

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