Shirley Community Church

Analysis

Shirley Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Shirley Community Church reported income of £329k and spending of £50k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £54k to £329k (+510%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 431%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Shirley Community Church sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bustan E Zahra Association (£327k), Stockton Baptist Church (£331k) and Anglo-Italian Society for the Protection of Animals (£326k).