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Ridgeway Church St Albans

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1179002St AlbansReligion
Income£152k2025-12-31
Spending£158ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause72nd pctReligion
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Ridgeway Church St Albans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in July 2018, 8 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, Ridgeway Church St Albans reported income of £152k and spending of £158k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £118k to £152k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ridgeway Church St Albans sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Margaret, Burnage (£152k), The267project (£152k) and Ghana Muslim Welfare Centre (£152k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£40k£79k£119k£159k2021 Income: £117,8842021 Spending: £129,94320212022 Income: £138,9552022 Spending: £142,57920222023 Income: £150,4062023 Spending: £153,44920232024 Income: £158,4262024 Spending: £158,59620242025 Income: £152,2682025 Spending: £158,3952025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The purposes are:The advancement of the Christian faith in St Albans through Bible teaching.Activities that are, in the opinion of the church members, consistent with the Christian faith: relief of hardship of those in need; the education and social welfare of those known to church members. These are undertaken consistent with the doctrinal distinctives stated in the church handbook.

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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Margaret, BurnageManchester£152k
The267projectHertfordshire£152k
Ghana Muslim Welfare CentreLondon£152k
Thetford Diss and Mildenhall Methodist CircuitThetford£152k