Riverside Church Trust

Analysis

Riverside Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2003, 23 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 04479264). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Riverside Church Trust reported income of £819k and spending of £1.1m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £709k to £819k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Riverside Church Trust 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 Coptic Orphans (£819k), Debt Justice (£823k) and Lansdowne Baptist Church Bournemouth (£819k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, charitable activities 21% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £692k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.