Elmwood Church

Analysis

Elmwood Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Elmwood Church reported income of £259k and spending of £280k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £260k to £259k (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 29%. 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, Elmwood Church sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unique Community Charity (£258k), Hope for Tomorrow Global (£259k) and Anjuman-E-Jaafriah (£258k).