Freedom Church Waddington

Analysis

Freedom Church Waddington is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Freedom Church Waddington reported income of £80k and spending of £34k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £80k (+486%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Freedom Church Waddington sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somali Outreach Project (£80k), Gemfields Foundation (£80k) and Making Communities Work & Grow (MCWG) (£80k).