Rochford Community Church Trust

Analysis

Rochford Community Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03769768). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rochford Community Church Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £155k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £135k to £127k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rochford Community Church Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rimshot Charitable Trust (£127k), Rayleigh Vineyard (£127k) and C and F Charitable Trust (£127k).