Bourne Christian Centre

Analysis

Bourne Christian Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2015, 11 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bourne Christian Centre reported income of £164k and spending of £165k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £177k to £164k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bourne Christian Centre sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goodnews Assemblies of God (£164k), Kupas Toras Chesed Ltd (£164k) and The Beth Ha-Talmud Scholarship Fund (£164k).