King's Church, Chessington

Analysis

King's Church, Chessington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chessington. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. 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 December 2025, King's Church, Chessington reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £725k to £1.0m (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, King's Church, Chessington sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property in Connection with the Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Parish in London (£1.0m), UK Christian Schools Ltd (£1.0m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Waterloo (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66%, charitable activities 25%, trading 7.2% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £155k. Reserves of £354k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.