City Church Preston

Analysis

City Church Preston is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 2013, 13 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 company (Companies House number 08522873). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, City Church Preston reported income of £61k and spending of £60k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £56k to £61k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 40%. 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, City Church Preston sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Laurence Relief in Need Trust (£61k), The Family and Community Network (£61k) and Icmg Margate (£61k).