Sonrise Church

Analysis

Sonrise Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 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 05677190). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sonrise Church reported income of £69k and spending of £61k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £66k to £69k (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sonrise Church sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God - Immanuel Sanctuary (£69k), Chesed Avrohom & Raizel Limited (£69k) and Turbo Ghana (£69k).