Christ Church Cottingham

Analysis

Christ Church Cottingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cottingham. It was registered in August 2017, 9 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Christ Church Cottingham reported income of £47k and spending of £50k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £69k to £47k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Christ Church Cottingham sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Open Bible Trust (£47k), Celestial Church of Christ Ayomide Parish (£47k) and Grace Church Bridgend (£47k).

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.