Aveley Christian Centre

Analysis

Aveley Christian Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Ockendon. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Aveley Christian Centre reported income of £32k and spending of £81k, spending 254% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £32k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Aveley 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 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity Estate (£32k), Lady Lucie Reynell's Charity (£32k) and Churches Together in Penzance Area (£32k).

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.