Wellspring Church (Southend)

Analysis

Wellspring Church (Southend) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2011, 15 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wellspring Church (Southend) reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,639 to £17k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wellspring Church (Southend) sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life for All Nations Gospel Church (£17k), The Salt Hill Playing Fields (£17k) and The Shoebox Fairies (£17k).