Soul Church Ltd

Analysis

Soul Church Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in October 2010, 16 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 07260215). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Soul Church Ltd reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £3.3m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Soul Church Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The Egerton Road Trust (£3.3m), Northern Hull Community Development Limited (£3.4m) and Citizens Advice SORT Group (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63%, charitable activities 27% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £100k. Reserves of £609k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.