Tees Valley Community Church

Analysis

Tees Valley Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton-On-Tees. It was registered in June 2006, 20 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 05735104). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tees Valley Community Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £721k to £1.2m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tees Valley Community Church 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Halton Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.2m), Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) (£1.2m) and Belz Foundation Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82%, charitable activities 15% and trading 2.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £112k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.