Wear Valley Christian Centre

Analysis

Wear Valley Christian Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wear Valley Christian Centre reported income of £52k and spending of £73k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £52k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Wear Valley Christian Centre sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wide Horizons (£52k), House of Israel London (£52k) and Bethel Community Church (£52k).

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.