Glenwood Church

Analysis

Glenwood Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Glenwood Church reported income of £425k and spending of £400k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £425k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Glenwood Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Congregation of the Sisters of St Mary of Namur CIO (£425k), Growing Young Disciples (£426k) and Faith Christian Group (Reading) CIO (£425k).