Champions Church

Analysis

Champions Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dudley. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Champions Church reported income of £806k and spending of £655k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £645k to £806k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Champions Church sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Commissariat of the Holy Land (£802k), Crosslight Advice (£807k) and The Spires Centre (£802k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and charitable activities 10%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5,608. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.