Valley Church

Analysis

Valley Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06271275). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Valley Church reported income of £286k and spending of £388k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £356k to £286k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Valley Church sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunrise Multicultural Project CIO (£286k), Down Syndrome Education International (£287k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Thornton Le Fylde (£286k).

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.