City Life Church Southampton

Analysis

City Life Church Southampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04913171). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, City Life Church Southampton reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.3m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Life Church Southampton sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Lancashire Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.3m), Beverley Consolidated Charity (£1.3m) and City Church Newcastle (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, charitable activities 21% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £50k. Reserves of £113k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.