The Wharfedale Vineyard Christian Fellowship

Analysis

The Wharfedale Vineyard Christian Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03541920). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Wharfedale Vineyard Christian Fellowship reported income of £357k and spending of £322k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £477k to £357k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wharfedale Vineyard Christian Fellowship sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sanz Foundation (£356k), He Lives Bible Church - Glorious Church (£357k) and Bristol Hospitality Network (£356k).