Catch the Fire, Farnborough

Analysis

Catch the Fire, Farnborough is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in April 2020, 6 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, Catch the Fire, Farnborough reported income of £253k and spending of £263k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £143k to £253k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. 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, Catch the Fire, Farnborough sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Matthew, Redhill (£253k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Ripon, Diocese of Leeds (£253k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Giles' Oxford (£253k).

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.