One Church

Analysis

One Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06955996). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, One Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £646k to £1.2m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, One Church sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bromley Christian Centre (£1.2m), Cyngor ar Bopeth Conwy Gwynedd Citizens Advice (£1.2m) and Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, charitable activities 22% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15k. Reserves of £211k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.