Shoreline Church

Analysis

Shoreline Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07490464). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shoreline Church reported income of £122k and spending of £120k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £142k to £122k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, 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, Shoreline Church sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey (£122k), Being Woman (£122k) and Stockport Centre Church (£122k).