Ruach City Church

Analysis

Ruach City Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ruach City Church reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.7m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.8m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ruach City Church sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feeding Britain (£2.7m), Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities (£2.8m) and Age Connects West Midlands (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and charitable activities 9.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £11.8m would cover about 51 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.