River Church

Analysis

River Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 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. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, River Church reported income of £499k and spending of £457k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £441k to £499k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, River Church sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paperweight Trust (£499k), The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust (£500k) and Covenant Church (£498k).