Coastlands Church

Analysis

Coastlands Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. It was registered in November 2005, 21 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 05491647). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coastlands Church reported income of £121k and spending of £147k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £126k to £121k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. 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, Coastlands Church sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Old Furniture Available (Gofa) (£121k), Hatfield Foodbank (£121k) and The Bazbox (£121k).