Heart Church

Analysis

Heart Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05947463). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Heart Church reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.4m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Heart Church sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empower Global (£1.4m), Newcastle Foodbank (£1.4m) and King's Church in Greater Manchester (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, investments 19% and charitable activities 2.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £13.0m would cover about 109 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.

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.