Banbury Community Church

Analysis

Banbury Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Banbury Community Church reported income of £245k and spending of £294k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £224k to £245k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Banbury Community Church sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Vineyard Chapel (£245k), Hope at Home (£245k) and Four Estates Limited (£245k).

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.