Covenant Church

Analysis

Covenant Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in October 2016, 10 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 company (Companies House number 09692379). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Covenant Church reported income of £498k and spending of £364k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £219k to £498k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Covenant Church sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Power Connections (£498k), The Paperweight Trust (£499k) and Kahal Imrei Chaim Limited (£498k).