The Christ Church Early Church Fund

Analysis

The Christ Church Early Church Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Christ Church Early Church Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £23k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £25k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Christ Church Early Church Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anandam (London) (£25k), Charity of Ann Howsden (£25k) and The Logos Trust (£25k).