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City Life International Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1052593SheffieldReligion
Income£203k2025-03-31
Spending£193ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctReligion
Registered1996Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

City Life International Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City Life International Church reported income of £203k and spending of £193k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £130k to £203k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, City Life International Church sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Ponteland (£203k), Immanuel with Highworth United Reformed Church (£203k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with Holy Trinity Deptford (£203k).

Income and spending

£0£51k£102k£152k£203k2021 Income: £129,5812021 Spending: £129,33020212022 Income: £158,3972022 Spending: £150,33520222023 Income: £176,3112023 Spending: £167,77220232024 Income: £176,2652024 Spending: £181,22620242025 Income: £203,0492025 Spending: £192,6032025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE PRACTICAL OUTWORKING OF THAT FAITH IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF SHEFFIELD, PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, AND GIVING ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF TO PERSONS IN NEED OR HARDSHIP.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, PontelandNewcastle Upon Tyne£203k
Immanuel with Highworth United Reformed ChurchSwindon£203k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with Holy Trinity DeptfordLondon£203k
Together in MatsonGloucester£203k