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Beacon Evangelical Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1163097BirminghamPoverty relief
Income£105k2025-12-31
Spending£81ksame year
Spent / received65%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctPoverty relief
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Beacon Evangelical Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Beacon Evangelical Church reported income of £105k and spending of £81k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £135k to £105k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Beacon Evangelical Church 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 Brentwood Baptist Church (£105k), Salam Trust (£105k) and Old Moat Youth Outreach Project (£105k).

Income and spending

£0£34k£67k£101k£135k2021 Income: £134,7702021 Spending: £72,98420212022 Income: £57,7902022 Spending: £59,33420222023 Income: £81,0772023 Spending: £31,88620232024 Income: £87,2832024 Spending: £56,40120242025 Income: £104,9632025 Spending: £80,5862025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Church holds 1 service of worship each Sunday, a weekly prayer meeting & small groups. It runs a weekly Community Drop-in day, CAP Job Club, Lunch Club, & supports the Trussell Trust Handsworth Food Bank. It partners with Age UK, Churches in the HDCO charity & Community Chaplaincy, supporting probationers. It also runs clubs for children/young people including a Music Academy & Play and Stay.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Brentwood Baptist ChurchEssex£105k
Salam TrustBirmingham£105k
Old Moat Youth Outreach ProjectManchester£105k
Sheffield VineyardSheffield£105k