The City Church

Analysis

The City Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The City Church reported income of £667k and spending of £603k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £499k to £667k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The City Church sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury (£666k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael's, Cumnor (£667k) and Teachbeyond UK (£665k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, charitable activities 5.8% and investments 3.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.