York City Church

Analysis

York City Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 2001, 25 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 04102023). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, York City Church reported income of £489k and spending of £368k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £194k to £489k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, York City Church sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catenian Association Benevolent and Children's Fund (£488k), Livingston Charitable Trust (£489k) and Child Rescue Nepal (£488k).