Lion Walk United Reformed Church Charity

Analysis

Lion Walk United Reformed Church Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lion Walk United Reformed Church Charity reported income of £179k and spending of £191k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £156k to £179k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lion Walk United Reformed Church Charity sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abergavenny Baptist Church (£179k), The Shaftesbury Christian Trust (£179k) and Christian Lifestyle Ministries (£179k).

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.