Church Alive

Analysis

Church Alive is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Church Alive reported income of £105k and spending of £109k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £82k to £105k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. 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, Church Alive sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Famos Foundation Trust (£105k), Reach Out to the Community (Roc) (£105k) and Marbeh Torah Trust (£105k).