City Church Sheffield

Analysis

City Church Sheffield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City Church Sheffield reported income of £424k and spending of £494k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £463k to £424k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Church Sheffield 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Community Works (£423k), Kumba Support Ltd (£424k) and Amen (£423k).

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.