City Church Chester

Analysis

City Church Chester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in November 2014, 12 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, City Church Chester reported income of £29k and spending of £37k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £29k to £29k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Church Chester sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dodbrooke Parish Charity (£29k), Coaches Across Continents (£30k) and Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Benevolent Fund (£29k).