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South Street Free Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1182375EastbourneReligion
Income£79k2026-06-30
Spending£75ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause57th pctReligion
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

South Street Free Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in March 2019, 7 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 makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2026, South Street Free Church reported income of £79k and spending of £75k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £106k to £79k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, South Street Free Church sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crayford Baptist Church (£79k), New Covenant Church Park Royal (£79k) and St Margaret's Babington Charitable Trust (£79k).

Income and spending

£0£27k£53k£80k£106k2022 Income: £106,1752022 Spending: £86,17220222023 Income: £80,7272023 Spending: £103,97320232024 Income: £81,4522024 Spending: £99,97720242025 Income: £93,7912025 Spending: £96,30820252026 Income: £78,9002026 Spending: £74,9982026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

An evangelical church in Eastbourne, holding morning & evening services each Sunday, & a mid-week prayer meeting. Before COVID-19 restrictions, we took services in four local care homes, had two regular home groups, a monthly Seniors' lunch, & youth group. We are part of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. We support a missionary in Moldova, & various local, national & overseas Christian work.

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Crayford Baptist ChurchDartford£79k
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St Margaret's Babington Charitable TrustSomerset£79k
South Tenerife Christian Fellowship TrustEngland£79k