Basingstoke Community Churches

Analysis

Basingstoke Community Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03476768). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Basingstoke Community Churches reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £905k to £1.0m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Basingstoke Community Churches 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank (£1.0m), Jesus Hospital in Chipping Barnet (£1.0m) and The Church at Junction 10 (£1000k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 6.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 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.