Melrose Christian Fellowship

Analysis

Melrose Christian Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in September 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Melrose Christian Fellowship reported income of £77k and spending of £80k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £53k to £77k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Melrose Christian Fellowship sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bread of Life International Ministries (£77k), The Houston Charitable Trust (£77k) and The Hub Trust (£77k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.