Saffron Walden Community Church
Analysis
Saffron Walden Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in December 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2026, Saffron Walden Community Church reported income of £205k and spending of £171k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £130k to £205k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Saffron Walden Community Church sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Great Open Door Tabernacle Parish Preston (£205k), Buckhurst Hill Baptist Church (£205k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham (£205k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To advance the Christian faith by engaging in God's mission by reaching those in the local community and in the wider world. Witnessing by word, action and life-style. Enabling people to establish and deepen their relationship with God. To love, care for, and build up one another as members of God's family and to serve the local community.