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River Church Ipswich

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1194553IpswichReligion
Income£384k2025-12-31
Spending£366ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctReligion
Registered2021CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

River Church Ipswich is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in May 2021, 5 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, River Church Ipswich reported income of £384k and spending of £366k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £144k to £384k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, River Church Ipswich sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip and St James, Leckhampton with St Christopher's, Warden Hill (£384k), Second Church of Christ, Scientist, London (£384k) and Markazul Uloom (£384k).

Income and spending

£0£113k£227k£340k£453k2021 Income: £144,0752021 Spending: £77,06020212022 Income: £232,4492022 Spending: £184,11220222023 Income: £329,3722023 Spending: £315,38220232024 Income: £382,6372024 Spending: £453,00620242025 Income: £384,3972025 Spending: £365,9582025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The advancement of the Christian religion by the setting up and running of new Christian churches (church planting and revitalisation) in accordance with the principles and established teaching of the Church of England in the town of Ipswich and the county of Suffolk. This includes (but is not limited to) the provision of contemporary worship, mission, and social transformation activities.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip and St James, Leckhampton with St Christopher's, Warden HillCheltenham£384k
Second Church of Christ, Scientist, LondonGreater London£384k
Markazul UloomBlackburn£384k
South West Baptist AssociationExeter£385k