Glow Church UK

Analysis

Glow Church UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Aycliffe. It was registered in October 2013, 13 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 company (Companies House number 08703834). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Glow Church UK reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.2m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £753k to £1.6m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Glow Church UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society (£1.6m), Croydon Bme Forum (£1.6m) and William Harding's Charity (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, donations and legacies 27% and trading 18%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £219k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.