City Praise Centre CIO

Analysis

City Praise Centre CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gravesend. It was registered in February 2015, 11 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, City Praise Centre CIO reported income of £763k and spending of £596k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £536k to £763k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Praise Centre CIO sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Florence Institute Trust Limited (£762k), The Sisters of Providence (Rosminian) (£764k) and Calderdale Citizens Advice Bureau (£762k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and trading 4.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £20k. Reserves of £420k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.