Arena Church

Analysis

Arena Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkeston. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arena Church reported income of £536k and spending of £610k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £416k to £536k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Arena Church sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stoke-Next-Guildford (£536k), Brentwood Diocesan Investment Pooled Fund (£537k) and The Nelson Masjid Committee (Ghosia Jamia Mosque) (£535k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81% and trading 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £82k. Charitable activities took 16% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £628k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

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.