Christ Avenue Chapel

Analysis

Christ Avenue Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in December 2012, 14 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 trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Christ Avenue Chapel reported income of £191k and spending of £190k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £95k to £191k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Christ Avenue Chapel sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Retreat Leicester (£191k), Tushinde Children's Trust (£191k) and City Church Coventry (£190k).