Welcome Church

Analysis

Welcome Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 05664908). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welcome Church reported income of £2.3m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.3m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Welcome Church sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mayor's Fund for London (£2.3m), Nepacs (£2.3m) and Shree Swaminarayan Sidhant Sajivan Mandal London (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%, charitable activities 2.6% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £120k. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.