Vine Community Church

Analysis

Vine Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Vine Community Church reported income of £62k and spending of £60k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £75k to £62k (-18%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Vine Community Church sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% 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 Rotary Club of Tarporley Trust Fund (£62k), Thanda UK (£62k) and Franciscan Aid (£61k).