Audacious Church

Analysis

Audacious Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 06780477). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Audacious Church reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.2m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £4.7m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Audacious Church sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Act on Energy (£4.7m), Upreach Charitable Company (£4.7m) and Ezer Viznitz Foundation (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, trading 10%, charitable activities 9.1% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £86k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.