One Church Leicester

Analysis

One Church Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10286979). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, One Church Leicester reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £688k to £1.6m (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, One Church Leicester sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (£1.6m), Coptic Orthodox Church Foundation for the Arch Diocese of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (£1.6m) and The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Mary the Great with St Michael (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, trading 10% and investments 6.0%. Charitable activities took 21% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £213k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.