The C3 Church

Analysis

The C3 Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06940221). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The C3 Church reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.5m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The C3 Church sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre (£2.5m), The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010 (£2.5m) and Greenbelt Festivals (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87% and charitable activities 11%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £46k. Reserves of £249k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.

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.