Pier Avenue Baptist Church

Analysis

Pier Avenue Baptist Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clacton-On-Sea. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pier Avenue Baptist Church reported income of £93k and spending of £95k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £86k to £93k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pier Avenue Baptist Church sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nyota Ing'arayo (Shining Star) Charitable Trust (£93k), Parole de Foi (£93k) and Stanley Young Peoples Club (£93k).