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Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1177439East SussexReligion
Income£273k2025-08-31
Spending£407ksame year
Spent / received123%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctReligion
Registered2018Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne reported income of £273k and spending of £407k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £901k to £273k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Emmanuel Church, Eastbourne sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Charles with St Matthias, Plymouth (£272k), Albany RD Baptist Church (£273k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Redhill (£272k).

Income and spending

£0£481k£961k£1.4m£1.9m2021 Income: £900,9182021 Spending: £1,066,93320212022 Income: £1,922,6642022 Spending: £1,914,90820222023 Income: £391,8982023 Spending: £1,689,04020232024 Income: £889,6542024 Spending: £326,01820242025 Income: £272,5072025 Spending: £407,2742025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Our Mission Statement (see website) expands on the following themes:TELL: ?TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM?TEACH: ?TO TEACH, BAPTISE AND NURTURE BELIEVERS?TEND: ?TO RESPOND TO HUMAN NEED BY LOVING SERVICE?TRANSFORM: ?TO SEEK TO TRANSFORM UNJUST STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY?TREASURE: ?TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF CREATION, AND SUSTAIN AND RENEW THE LIFE OF THE EARTH?

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