Emmaus Road Community Church

Analysis

Emmaus Road Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08576457). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Emmaus Road Community Church reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.8m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Emmaus Road Community Church sits at the 99th 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 GS Trust (£2.8m), Keren Habinyan Limited (£2.8m) and Ashburnham Christian Trust (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%, charitable activities 2.7% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £54k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £733k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.