Birtley Community Church

Analysis

Birtley Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Birtley Community Church reported income of £53k and spending of £39k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £53k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birtley Community Church sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Two Walters Charitable Trust (£53k), Jesus the Voice of Hope Global Ministries (£53k) and Riba Free Foundation (£53k).