Adore Church

Analysis

Adore Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03059994). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Adore Church reported income of £260k and spending of £267k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £937k to £260k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Adore Church sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asthma Relief (£260k), The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust (£260k) and Claro Enterprises (£260k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.