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Messiah Community Church

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1131308LondonReligion
Income£30k2025-02-28
Spending£32ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause40th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Messiah Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Messiah Community Church reported income of £30k and spending of £32k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £12k to £30k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Messiah Community Church sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boost Felixstowe Ltd (£30k), Noddfa Evangelical Church, Pontarddulais (£30k) and Mountain Movers Ministries (£30k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£9,138£18k£27k£37k2021 Income: £12,1702021 Spending: £10,48120212022 Income: £14,5722022 Spending: £15,41920222023 Income: £36,3292023 Spending: £36,55220232024 Income: £29,1252024 Spending: £30,12920242025 Income: £29,8172025 Spending: £31,7032025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To worship and serve God fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ as set forth in Matthew 28:19-20. To minister to the needs of the members and others as the church is able to do so. To provide schools and colleges for the secular and spiritual education of mankind. To provide a place of refuge for abandon children and further shelters and accommodation for those in need.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Boost Felixstowe LtdFelixstowe£30k
Noddfa Evangelical Church, PontarddulaisSwansea£30k
Mountain Movers MinistriesCroydon£30k
The Friends of Shakespeare's ChurchStratford-Upon-Avon£30k