City to City UK
Analysis
City to City UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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 June 2025, City to City UK reported income of £377k and spending of £382k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £201k to £377k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, City to City UK sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with St Faith and St Francis, Alverstoke (£376k), Wembley Central Masjid (£377k) and Anlaby Park Methodist Church (£376k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
We are a movement for the planting of highly contextualised, gospel-centred, church-planting churches in the most influential cities of the UK.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with St Faith and St Francis, Alverstoke | Gosport | £376k |
| Wembley Central Masjid | Middlesex | £377k |
| Anlaby Park Methodist Church | Hull | £376k |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew's, Worthing | Worthing | £377k |