Crystal Palace Community Church

Analysis

Crystal Palace Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2004, 22 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 05049803). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Crystal Palace Community Church reported income of £26k and spending of £29k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £35k to £26k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Crystal Palace Community Church sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Temple of Praise Ministries (£26k), Eliza Martha Bell Rest Fund (£26k) and Christ Revelation Faith Ministries (£26k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.